Network Rail planting trees to reduce graffiti

Graffiti artists tend to like large flat surfaces to spray their tags onto, but if the concrete wall has been blocked off by a row of trees, it becomes less likely to be spray painted. That at least is the theory, and it’s being tested in Bermondsey, South London.Network Rail has just planted 35 trees at a graffiti hotspot at the Bermondsey Dive Under – a junction where one set of rail lines tunnel under another — and with large amounts of flat concrete walls close to roads has