Clearcutting the Merritt Parkway

Over the past couple of years, huge swaths of trees on either side of the Merritt Parkway have been cleared and with it the beauty of a drive down that once magnificent road has been destroyed. Sure, I understand the safety issues with falling branches and the like, but there was nothing like driving through this cathedral of trees rising up and over you – very reminiscent of the roads through the plane trees in Southern France. And that’s all gone now.



No more drives like this on the Merritt      (picture from ct.gov/dot)