Moviment Graffitti said today that the proposed uprooting of trees as part of the City Gate Valletta project was just another case of such officially endorsed, indiscriminate uprooting, following the recent devastation carried out in Marsa, Cospicua, Luqa and Mellieha.
In a statement, the group said that in view of the fact that in many gardens, trees were being uprooted to be replaced by concrete, and in embellishment projects long-standing trees were being uprooted to be replaced by other expensive ones, running into thousands of euros per tree,it wondered in whose interest thiswas taking place.