Eversource has released a new Tree Reliability Scorecard for each municipality. Redding's tree canopy coverage at 78.3 percent is highest among Fairfield County communities, according to the Regional Tree Canopy Analysis produced by the Western Connecticut Council of Governments.
Historically, downed trees are a significant source of power outages in Redding and throughout the state. Over the last several years, Eversource has performed significant ‘scheduled’ tree work in Redding to reduce the number of tree related power outages and improve reliability, including in 2019 along 103 miles of overhead lines and in 2020 along nearly 7.5 miles in the right of way along high voltage transmission lines.
This summer, Eversource will be performing backbone maintenance trimming and scheduled maintenance trimming along 4 miles of roads in Redding in the Georgetown and Branchville areas.
Between 2015-2017 the Town’s open space manager and tree warden inventoried over a thousand dead and dying trees along town roads. Redding budgets for $50,000 annually for tree pruning and removal, an amount supplemented with funds from a state grant.
Between 2015 and 2017 the Town’s open space manager and tree warden inventoried over a thousand dead and dying trees along town roads. From July to March of this year, Redding removed more than 100 trees at a cost of over $75,000.
