VICTORY ISLAND: A tree in peril

I notice that a tree has just been planted in "Victory Island," the new brick and concrete divider in the middle of West Cypress Street in front of Victory Brewing. I don't give that poor tree much of a life expectancy. Despite the white road markings, I have a feeling that an inattentive driver is going to plow into it sooner rather than later. The traffic light for Mill Road motorists who are turning onto Cypress is so short that I've seen them zip through that intersection, sometimes making an ill-judged wide turn, just so they don't have to sit through another interminable cycle of the traffic light. I hope I'm wrong.