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National Highways not doing enough to protect trees, Woodland Trust tells MPs

Deniz Huseyin
19 September 2025
 

National Highways is failing to properly oversee the maintenance and monitoring of tree plantings linked to road projects, a member of the Woodland Trust has told the Environmental Audit Committee.

Nicole Hillier, Principal Policy Advocate, Infrastructure at The Woodland Trust, said she had analysed about 20 National Highways post-project evaluations to understand how well schemes are being monitored and how good maintenance is.

She told the MPs: “The results were a bit bleak, if I have...

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