Great news.
Anecdotally I've noticed quite a few new tracks being made near me, and an absolute shit load of trees. Tens of thousands in my area.
It surprises me there's not more news of it tbh. Everybody likes trees and greenery.
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2026
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Council councils in the East of England have been putting out plenty of news releases about the numbers of trees. 🌳🌳🌳 Cynics have been pointing out how many council planted or council required developer planted trees have died over the last few years due to inappropriate species, or simple failures to water during heat waves after planting thirsty young trees in a drought area. 🍂☠️😧 They still get counted as plantings and sometimes so do the replacements 🤦
The millions spent on trees for the new alignment A14 which all promptly died…
I'm surprised we haven't sold it off for raw materials to the Chinese yet