Don’t pin power outages on emerald ash borer

On Durham Road north of Durham, on Durham Road farther north, on Route 212 west of Route 611 and on Ballek Road west of Steely Hill, the roadblocks were not the result of hungry ash borers (“Frequent Upper Bucks power outages blamed on emerald ash borer,” July 18).

The large green trees, in each location, were not dead trees, but trees grown too large and subject to too much wind and rain because Met-Ed, other utilities, PennDOT, townships, Bucks County and landowners have not properly pruned, controlled trees for 10, 20 or 30 years.

I am sure an arborist could determine that there were, in fact, some dead ash borer trees, but that’s not the real cause.

Bucks County Tourism promotes driving through the beautiful green almost tunnel roads in the county. Perhaps they should include “Wear hardhat at all times” in their promotions.

Dick Bach, Durham

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