Amidst Bridge Construction, Pieces of Nature Are Saved

The City of La Grange hopes to save five of the crepe myrtles that used to line the road to the boat ramp. City crews dug up the trees and transplanted them in the New La Grange Cemetery on Friday, Nov. 20. Dozens of old crepe myrtles that used the line the boat ramp road had to be removed last month to make way for construction of the new bridge on Business 71 across the Colorado River. The…