Darwin council spends $25,000 to rescue controversial tree it wanted to chop
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Council arborist Melodee Brencher with the tree she worked on for a year.
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People protested and chained themselves to a scraggly tree on a roundabout when the City of Darwin wanted to tear it down and install traffic lights.
Key points:
City of Darwin has spent $25,000 and 12 months rescuing a South American rain tree it wanted to chop
The tree is on a controversial city roundabout which has been deemed a black spot
The 40-year-old tree is expected to live for another 25 to 50 years and is worth an estimated $400,000 to the community