Road or trees?

Those native Pohutukawa trees are slated to make way for road widening. Save 6 pohutukawas at St Luke’s on Great North Rd. Road or trees, which has priority?

I remember once, there was a community project to build a road, a neighbour refused to let the people chop her tree down.

http://thetreecouncil.org.nz/save-6-pohutukawas-at-st-lukes-on-great-north-rd/