Overview

• The council ratified the measure through Ordinance 7784 and Decree 1180, putting a 90‑day fitosanitary and structural emergency in force across Maipú.
• Technical surveys identified more than 300 trees requiring removal or complex treatment and called for urgent action on 46 white poplars along Rawson Street.
• Municipal crews have begun removals with roughly 40 trees already cut, prioritizing Rawson, and the city plans to bill the Provincial Road Directorate for work on its corridors.
• The emergency expands authority to act on routes under provincial or national road agencies and allows rapid resource reallocation and external contracting for high‑risk operations.
• The plan pairs removals with a three‑for‑one reforestation program using climate‑adapted species, while work is complicated by very tall trees near power lines and residents decry years of ignored warnings.