So Long to More Nice Trees

Trees have been disappearing from my neighborhood. Big, tall, healthy, straight trees. It's no secret what's been happening: The sanitary sewer people are out repairing their lines. The sewer lines are aligned with the gas lines. When the sewer folks decide to dig, they need to avoid the gas lines. Equitable Gas marked the gas lines. When the gas line markings and the sewer folks' apparent need to dig coincide at a spot that's too close to a tree, the tree gets the deadly red "X." Soon after, out it goes.

Maybe someone in the chain of responsibility could step in and say, hmmm, can we find a place to dig that solves the sewer problem *and* saves the tree? Just a thought.