Council contractors felled more than 100 trees in a city centre before a court injunction won by protesters forced them to stop. The trees are being cut down in Plymouth city centre as part of a regeneration scheme that would see the planting of 169 new semi-mature trees, the local authority said.
Contractors had started work in Armada Way on Tuesday evening “for reasons of public safety” and planned to remove 129 while keeping another 24. A further three trees which had been earmarked for removal were left because they had birds nesting in them.
Campaigners, who descended on Armada Way on Tuesday night to try to stop the felling, were outnumbered by police and security guards. Ali White, from campaigner group Save the Trees of Armada Way, said the felling was “despicable” and the group would be seeking a judicial review of the decision.
