Long Bridge Poplars will be replaced with other trees at a new location

From the Maitland Mercury report:

The 22 historic Lombardy Poplar trees which lined The Long Bridge and formed part of Maitland’s streetscape since 1939, will be replaced by a new grove of trees at another location.

Maitland councillors supported the trees’ removal at a council meeting this week and agreed to plant more trees, not necessarily Poplars, at another prominent site in the city.

Full article available at Maitland Mercury, February 2 2018.