Why are the Main Street Trees Trimmed as They are?

Editor's note: In our column "You Ask, Patch Answers," we help you to find answers to your questions. Email westborough@patch.com if you have a question that you would like us to investigate. Today, we answer an emailed inquiry about why the trees on Main Street in Westborough have been pruned as they are.

The trees on Main Street are Bradford Pear trees, and receive maintenance trimming every two years, according to Westborough Department of Public Works Assistant Manager Richard Voutas.

The trimming allows the trees to grow "a little bit wider," Voutas explains.

"It's supposed to add a little bit of body to them," he says.