Days numbered for 131 ‘sick’ roadside trees


Unhealthy: Some of the old trees that have been assessed by arborists in Jalan Macalister, George Town. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: The days are likely “numbered” for some grand, old roadside trees here.

With girths so large that they will need the arms of three people to hug them, the trees are now wrapped with red and white tape because they failed an arboreal test, called resistance drilling.

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