More than 3km of roads across Ballsbridge and Donnybrook in Dublin have been festooned with red ribbons to highlight the potential loss of trees as part of the BusConnects programme. The ribbons appeared on Tuesday night on 130 trees that have been identified for possible felling on Pembroke Road, Merrion Road and Nutley Lane to facilitate road widening for the core bus corridor route from the city centre to UCD. “A lot of people thought it was going to be only a few trees, I don’t think anyone realises the scale of the destruction proposed. Leaflets will be read by only a certain number of people; this visibly demonstrates the effect. “We are listening and taking on board people’s observations and submissions,” she said.

Source: The Irish Times May 01, 2019 00:00 UTC