“You don't have the right to cut these trees, it's illegal!
”Launches this Wednesday, August 24, Éric Martin, a resident of Montreuil, to the workers of the company “Marcel Villette”.
The workers, however, had just installed their vehicles on the avenue Gabriel-Péri and were preparing to cut down nine trees declared “dangerous” and which would require their felling, according to the department of Seine-Saint-Denis.
“Put away the chainsaws, as long as there is no prefectural authorization, they will not cut anything at all”, continues Éric Martin.
The representative of the pruning company "Marcel Villette" faces about twenty very angry residents.
“I have a deal with the department of Seine-Saint-Denis he assures.
I was asked to come and cut down trees and replant some, that's what I came for.
Now I see that there is an opposition.
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Beyond these nine trees, 34 healthy trees are threatened for a road project, which makes the inhabitants of this district furious.
"They start slaughtering during the summer holidays to avoid a mobilization of citizens", explains one of them.
For her part, Michelle regrets “a strong feeling of injustice.
We feel abandoned by our elected officials who should normally support us as we supported them during the elections”.
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