The Transportation Works Construction Investment Project Management Authority of Ho Chi Minh City will propose replanting twice as many trees as those cut down to make room for traffic infrastructure projects to balance traffic infrastructure and green space development, said director of the authority Luong Minh Phuc.

Phuc said the authority always asks investors of projects to replant trees to ensure that the number of new trees is larger than the number of relocated and leveled ones.

In the coming time, the authority will suggest prioritizing the relocation of trees that are able to be replanted on other streets.

Wood from those that cannot be replanted should be used as public assets, Phuc added.

"All developers of traffic infrastructure recognize the significance of trees. We will strive to implement these principles in future projects to have both well-constructed roads and ample green spaces within the city," said Phuc, adding that the city will plant trees along Dong Van Cong Boulevard in Thu Duc City this month.

Plenty of trees have been chopped down to make room for traffic infrastructure projects in the city over the past time.

In particular, the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Management Board, the investor of the second metro line in the city, has proposed the relocation and felling of 453 trees for the construction of the route.

The city has cut down or relocated nearly 100 trees on Hoang Hoa Tham Street in Tan Binh District to make space for a project to expand the street leading to Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Earlier, more than 100 trees on Ton Duc Thang Boulevard were leveled or moved to other places to accommodate the Ba Son Bridge project.

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