David Attenborough encourages boy to stage anti-cycle lane protest, as veteran broadcaster weighs in on plans to “sacrifice 26 irreplaceable trees” for new bike route

A campaign to put an immediate stop to the final phase of a cycle lane project in Coventry has garnered support from an unexpected quarter, after Sir David Attenborough wrote to an 11-year-old boy advising him on how to stage a protest to halt the protected bike lane’s construction and save 26 trees that are earmarked to be felled along the proposed route.
The veteran broadcaster and environmental campaigner was responding to a letter from a Coventry schoolchild, who said it would be a “shame” if the city council went ahead with plans to cut down 26 trees on Clifford Bridge Road, to make way for construction work on the last stretch of the Binley Cycleway.
According to the local authority, the 6km-long protected cycleway, which will link the city centre to University Hospital Coventry, was “developed and designed to accommodate the needs of people that do not usually cycle” by reducing concerns about safety and lack of confidence.
However, despite the council’s…