Unfortunately not, due to a gas line running right in line with where boulevard trees would normally go. This block is unable to have them, unless an extremely expensive utility relocate occurs, and even then I am not sure if there is room to move the line anyway.
Is the gas line directly below where trees could go? There shouldn't be any issue as long as they aren't (and minimal even if they are).
What do good cities do? Like cities that have trees in the pedestrian realm seemingly uninterrupted? Surely they also have gas service as well...
Not that I love the aesthetics of Treo, but I would far prefer they raze the fitness place up the street and replace it with another Treo. Treo has its shortcomings, but in many ways it's a model development for this type of neighbourhood. 5 retail bays all with businesses, a second floor of office space that is in use, and residential above that.
There are minimum separations that need to occur, mostly to prevent tree roots from damaging the gas lines, and to allow maintenance access to the lines without damaging the trees. Same thing goes with fibre optic cables, other telecommunication lines, etc...
17th have, and fourth Street in mission are about as close as you can get to a tree line Street for Calgary. They are decently treat, but it wouldn't hurt to have a few more.
