The trees, mostly Angsana aged between 30 and 40 years, were relocated to make way for the 1.8km road-widening project.

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ALSO READ: Roads that put users at risk One such operation was recently carried out in a bustling neighbourhood, where StarMetro observed an old towering Angsana tree near Jalan Burma being removed.

GEORGE TOWN: Lightning and a certain beetle robbed Singapore of what Penang is proud of: hundreds of giant angsana trees beside its roads. In the 1970s, nearly all the angsana trees in the island ...