Hundreds of St Kilda Road trees to get the chop as part of Metro tunnel project

By Farrah Tomazin
Updated June 25 2016 - 6:08pm, first published 4:44pm
St Kilda Road residents are concerned  that hundreds of elm and plane trees planted in the 1890s are about to be destroyed along St Kilda Road to make way for the Melbourne Metro Rail. Photo: Penny Stephens
St Kilda Road residents are concerned that hundreds of elm and plane trees planted in the 1890s are about to be destroyed along St Kilda Road to make way for the Melbourne Metro Rail. Photo: Penny Stephens
The trees on St Kilda Road near the Shrine of Remembrance could be cut down. Photo: Paul Rovere
The trees on St Kilda Road near the Shrine of Remembrance could be cut down. Photo: Paul Rovere
Tree-lined St Kilda Road.  Photo: Craig Abraham
Tree-lined St Kilda Road. Photo: Craig Abraham

They are one of Melbourne's most distinctive sights but it will not be enough to save them. Hundreds of mature trees will be removed from St Kilda Road to make way for the Metro rail tunnel, fuelling concerns about the environmental impact of the project.

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