(A) The contractor shall obtain authorization from the engineer before he or she removes any tree. Only those trees in direct conflict with trench alignment shall be removed with the contractor tunneling or hand excavating under roots of trees near the trench. Tree removal shall include grubbing and removing the stump and roots, backfilling and disposal of the debris.
(B) Compensation will not be allowed for approved clearing or removal of trees to provide access to work. The cost of tree removal of trees six inches and smaller in diameter shall be incidental to the project but trees removed larger than six inches in diameter shall be paid for as a separate pay item for each tree or lump sum as noted on the form of proposal.