Trees to be felled in Surry Hills to make way for $2.1b Sydney light rail line

By Matt O'Sullivan
Updated September 29 2016 - 11:08pm, first published 2:38pm
An artist's impression of a tram approaching the light rail bridge over the Eastern Distributor. Photo: Supplied
An artist's impression of a tram approaching the light rail bridge over the Eastern Distributor. Photo: Supplied
The construction zone in the CBD for the light rail will soon stretch from Circular Quay to Rawson Place in the city's south. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
The construction zone in the CBD for the light rail will soon stretch from Circular Quay to Rawson Place in the city's south. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Almost half of the 130 trees along a restaurant and pub-lined street in Sydney's inner-city suburb of Surry Hills will begin to be felled over the next few weeks to allow for construction of the $2.1 billion light rail line between the CBD and the south-east.

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