On 9 and 10 May 2019, the 25th biannual conference on landscape and infrastructure organised by the FGSV was held in Koblenz, an important event in Germany, bringing together more than 400 participants, road operators, landscape architects and biodiversity specialists. Among them were two French participants, representing our association and the French ITTECOP programme respectively.
Nearly two and a half hours were devoted to tree avenues. Unfortunately, we heard what we hear everywhere in Europe: local farmers are not always kind to trees. Above all, it is hardly possible to acquire land if you want to plant further away from the edge of the road. One positive point in the workshop's conclusion was that artificial intelligence and changes in vehicle traffic on the road must be included in road safety considerations.
In front of Koblenz Castle, these rows of plane trees provided a beautiful backdrop.
