The City of Statesboro’s Engineering and Public Works departments have a plan to keep homes and cars along Gentilly Road out of harm’s way. Several aging pecan trees, which for years have littered yards and streets with debris, will be removed by workers beginning Wednesday. Approximately 40 trees — about 20 in an area where Gentilly Road and Inman Street meet and another 20 alongside Gentilly between Fair Road and Brannen Street — will be cut down to eliminate road hazards and prepare the right-of-way for construction of a sidewalk.