11 trees that were in danger of being cut down due to the expansion of the new El Salto Norte avenue, have finally been relocated two meters inside the new enclosure of the Los Almendros Center. This, thanks to the generous collaboration of the real estate company Imas ebco , which financed and carried out the transfer of these trees to their new locations.
The trees moved are seven Oriental plane trees, two acacias, a Chilean palm and an American oak. First, a 2 meter perimeter was manually marked out around each tree, loosening the soil around it. Specialized machinery was then put into action, equipped with hydraulic grippers capable of perforating the soil to remove the tree from its roots, lift it and move it gently to a new site previously dug and treated with rooting agents that will help the tree to generate new roots.
This action is added to the management previously carried out by the neighbors of El Barrero and Fondacio with which it was possible to preserve the location of the trees on the sidewalk in front of Centro Los Almendros, which were finally included in the design of the future central aisle of the new El Salto Norte avenue.
These trees as a whole are part of the heritage of this sector of the municipality of Huechuraba with the warehouses of the old vineyard of Conchalí, the house of the former president Pedro Aguirre Cerda, with its parks and its araucarias. Preserving them has a special meaning for Fondacio, particularly today, when the cause and the protection of the environment are a global issue that concerns us all.
