Shoreline weighs preserving trees with protecting people

The city wants to remove nearly 300 trees along North 175th Street.

SHORELINE, Wash. — As Trish Woollcott walks among the trees in her home of Shoreline, she can’t help but think about one thing.

“What comes to mind is death by 1,000 cuts,” she says.

One thousand cuts – to nearly that many trees.

Shoreline plans to remove 274 trees over a three-quarter-mile stretch of North 175th Street between Interstate 5 and Aurora Avenue.

That’s in addition to 317 removed earlier this year along 145th Street to better connect commuters with the soon-to-open light rail station. Including trees removed along side streets, the

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