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Council spends $25,000 to rescue controversial Darwin CBD tree damaged in chain protest
People protested and chained themselves to a scraggly tree on a roundabout when the local council wanted to tear it down and install traffic lights.
Key points:
- City of Darwin has spent $25,000 and 12 months rescuing a South American rain tree it wanted to chop
- The tree is on a controversial city roundabout which has been deemed a black spot
- The 40-year-old tree is expected to live for another 25 to 50 years and is worth an estimated $400,000 to the community
Now, the same council has spent $25,000 to bring it back to its former glory, and said it is worth $400,000 to the community.
The South American rain tree, Albizia saman, on the Smith and Daly streets roundabout was the site of political warfare and where City of Darwin’s masterplan was…
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