One other thing...about that guard rail....Thanks for your thoughts arathol. I've been thinking about the exact same thing regarding the guardrail. If I am the sole owner of that land then why did they install a guardrail on it? I also mentioned the fact that the guardrail does not go in front of the tree and that a truck sticking it could knock it down to the Chief Surveyor.
Make sure you thoroughly discuss this with the municipality. Right now the tree is more or less protecting the terminal end of the installation. If you remove the tree, the guard rail will become a real hazard to traffic. With the tree gone, any car that might have hit the tree (and it looks like that has happened more than once) will now be impaled on the beam rail. If you remove the tree from the County right of way, and there is a accident at that location resulting in serious injuries or damage, as the person who removed the tree you may be named in any legal action resulting from such a crash.