Birmingham Receives $192,000 Settlement for Damaged Trees
The chemical company DuPont is paying Birmingham almost $200,000 after an herbicide damaged 27 trees at the city's golf courses.
Birmingham will be receiving almost $200,000 from the chemical company DuPont as part of a settlement offer after the company's herbicide damaged two dozen trees at Springdale and Lincoln Hills Golf Courses. "We are among many citizens throughout the country filing a claim against DuPont," said City Attorney Tim Currier at the Monday night meeting of the Birmingham City Commission, where commissioners unanimously voted to accept the settlement. In total, DuPont will pay Birmingham $69,059 to remove 12 damaged trees at Springdale and $122,986 to remove 15 trees at Lincoln Hills, for a total of $192,046. What's killing the trees? According to Currier and Department of Public Services Director Lauren Wood, it was the herbicide Imprellis, a …
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