Trees planted beneath Marsa flyover moved elsewhere - Infrastructure Malta

Cypress trees planted beneath a concrete flyover at the Marsa Junction have been removed, Infrastructure Malta has said after a photo of the awkwardly planted trees spread across social media.
Nationalist Party MP David Thake was among those to share a photo of saplings planted just metres beneath tons of concrete.
“It’s very good that we’re not forgetting about trees,” Thake wrote in a tongue-in-cheek post that prompted several bemused comments.
“But are we aware that trees grow? Perhaps planting them right beneath the bridge might be a problem?” Thake asked. 

An Infrastructure Malta spokesman told Times of Malta that the trees in question have been removed and will be replaced with shrubs. 
He noted that the photo in question depicted “six out of 7,770 new trees planted as part of this project” by the infrastructure agency. The six trees removed will be replanted in a nearby area, the spokesman added.
A Times of Malta photographer who visited the site on Saturday morning confirmed that the cypress trees pictured in the original photo were no longer there. 

A number of other trees - oak trees - planted as part of the Marsa Junction project also appear to be poorly placed at...