The public works administration's uprooting of trees along Zhongzheng Road has been a mini-controversy for a few months. The city removed the old trees to make way for the underground construction of a new MRT train line. The city also said they were sick. The section of the road affected by the tree removal is an area I know well. Pre-COVID, I would be there regularly. I found myself there last night for a dinner event, and it was a disorienting experience.

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