TROY — The Troy Christmas tree could not be saved after strong winds blew it over.
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News Center 7 previously reported that the Troy Christmas tree at Summit Square was blown over by strong winds Wednesday night.
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Troy officials said Friday that after examining the condition of the tree, they determined they would have to start looking for a new one — a rare occurrence.
“No, it doesn’t happen very often and actually it’s happened twice in the last 20-25 years. One time was a semi hitting a cable and the other time was when just similar to the similar to the situation that happened just the other night,” Jillian Rhoades, City engineer Jillian Rhoades said.
News Center 7′s Nick Foley said city crews raised the damaged tree by crane.
Once it was off the ground, workers assessed a good deal of damage to many of the tree’s branches. After some discussion, they decided to strip the tree of its lights and go with Plan B.
“Just replacing and keeping everything as up to date as possible, all the connectors, all the cables, and that’s what we’re looking at moving forward. So to secure that tree, As good as possible for this citizen,” said Rhoades.
The tree is going to be recycled, its life in the square was short-lived.
Patti Haren told Foley the city will bounce back and move forward. Just like always.
“Troy has done it in the past when tornadoes came through and we’ll do it again. We’re a tough community (with) everybody chipping together, and getting it done,” said Harren.
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