UNIVERSITY CITY, MO (KTVI)– Fifty-five sweet gum trees that line the alleyway between the Parkview and Ames Place neighborhoods in University City might be coming down.

It`s part of a plan by the city to update the green space that connects Forest Park Parkway to the Delmar Loop and Washington University.

According to neighbors the 8-foot-wide bike/walkway would be widened to 10 to fit national standards. The 40-year-old trees would come down and be replaced with smaller more decorative trees. While some want them to stay others say it`s best to let them go.

“The neighbors just found out about it in mid-April just before some final meetings by the park commission. Just in time to at least protest enough to cause the Parks Commission to defer their decision,” said Parkview homeowner David Howard