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NEW PRAÇA DE ESPANHA:
VIBEIRAS MOVES FORWARD WITH TREE TRANSPLANTING
TRANSPLANTING WORKS HAVE BEGUN FOR 32 TREE AND SHRUB SPECIES.
The first phase of the rehabilitation of this emblematic square and high‐traffic central axis of the city of Lisbon started with the transplanting of 32 tree and shrub species, carried out by Vibeiras.
As part of the project to redefine
the profile of the road network and public area of Praça de Espanha,
it was necessary to remove several
tree specimens whose location was incompatible with the proposed design. The evaluation identified 32 species, including small, medium and large trees, for transplanting.
Vibeiras’s contract was scheduled to last 40 days, following the best timetable to ensure the success of the transplanting of the trees, as well as their maintenance via irrigation for a period of one year.
According to the species, size and structure of the tree, different transplanting methods were
used; however, in all of the used methodologies, pre‐ and post‐transplant planning and work are crucial for the
higher probability of future success of this traumatic operation for the trees.
Among the works was the largest transplant ever of a large tree in Portugal, a specimen of 55 metric tons.
The objective of these transplants is to maintain the specimens with the same crown volume as they currently have,
changing their natural shape as little as possible, so all the planning of the works should be conducive to this goal.
Most of the species are plane trees, Mediterranean hackberries, oaks and others (such as ash, chinaberry tree, pomegranate), and will be replanted along Avenida Calouste Gulbenkian.
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