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Planting begins in Greater Manchester for huge 50 million tree forest spanning 120 mile corridor
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukA huge forest stretching from Liverpool to Hull is coming to the North and planting has begun in Greater Manchester. The Great Northern Forest scheme has kickstarted, with plans for more than 50 million trees to be planted in a 120 mile corridor across the north of England within a 25 year window.
The forest will connect Liverpool, Manchester and Lancaster to the West with Sheffield, Leeds and Hull to the East. By October 2019, 600,000 trees had already been planted as part of the scheme.
Now, local councils have received funding for their areas to get involved in tree planting, with Trafford Council among them.
The Government’s Urban Tree Challenge fund has handed out £10 million to get the scheme going. Coun Stephen Adshead, Trafford
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