Plateau residents upset after city removes parking spots for trees [Video]

Some people living in the Le Plateau-Mont-Royal are seeing red over a new landscaping project meant to bring more green to the neighbourhood.

They say they have an issue with where the trees are being planted.

Residents of Colonial Avenue welcome the added greenery but not everyone is happy with the decision.

“It’s not looking too great, not gonna lie,” said Plateau resident Ysandre Beaulieu.

“I think the city hall needs to take another look at this project,” added another resident, Hans Lamarre.

The borough planted four trees in the street this year. Every tree takes away a parking in an area that’s already difficult to park in.

Trees are being planted on Coloniale Avenue in the Plateau. (Laurence Brisson Dubreuil /CTV News)

“It’s one of our important engagements here in the neighbourhood … that all streets should have trees on both sides of the street,” Maeva Vilain, a borough …