Fremantle residents are divided over a plan to chop down 26 trees to make way for a playing field expansion in Beaconsfield.
A special electors' meeting was held at Fremantle Town Hall, where about 300 residents expressed their opinions, with some opposing all tree removals and others supporting the original plan.
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