Jesmond trees cleared to make way for $450m bypass

Workers have started clearing vegetation near Jesmond roundabout for the Newcastle Inner-City Bypass. Picture by Simone De Peak.

CLEARING has begun at Jesmond roundabout as work starts on the fifth section of the $450 million Newcastle Inner-City Bypass.

The Rankin Park to Jesmond project will see about 51.8ha of trees and vegetation, 43ha of which is native, removed in the process.