A local school has become the latest supporter of a scheme to provide an ecologically-friendly addition to a new bypass scheme in the north-east of England. 
The A69 Haydon Bridge bypass will see nearly 56,000 trees and shrubs planted along its route, which is sure to bring a smile to the faces of road users in their car hire.
As National Tree Week approaches, Shaftoe Trust First School will give each one of its pupils the chance to participate in the planting programme.
The Highways Agency project manager for the scheme Graham Dakin said: “There are so many trees, shrubs and hedgerow plants that need to go in to help complete the work on the A69 bypass.
