Transport and environment ministries move to stop felling of trees

The Czech transport and environment ministries have moved to stop the felling of trees along state roads until a close inspection has been made of the country’s road avenues and the trees marked out for felling. Czech environment inspectors recently uncovered plans by road maintenance to fell some 9,000 trees along state roads in the course of this year. The news produced an outcry from the public and led the two ministries to step up controls.