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The initiative was Leader of Nottinghamshire County launched in November, during Council to urgently join them in National Tree Week, and the council working to replace the hundreds of has already planted 400 whip trees trees being removed to make way and 100 hundred bean trees at for a new £40 million pound road. Gedling Country Park, Burton Road Councillor Clarke and Payne have Park, Arnot Hill Park, Willow Park planted new trees in Gedling and King George V Park. Hundreds Country Park, owned by Gedling of more trees will be planted across Borough Council, next to where the Gedling over the next four years. Gedling Access Road will be built. The initiative is part of the council’s minimising pollution and waste. In to provide much needed new Gedling Borough Council has made plan to provide a more sustainable November, the council declared homes and less traffic in Gedling a pledge to plant hundreds of trees environment in the borough.