Apparently local law enforcement and politicians have fought prostitution in this area for decades in which a stretch of forested road has been a haven for the sex trade.
The forested area runs inland for more than 10 miles from the Adriatic coast alongside the river Tronto. Despite cameras, raids, and 24-hour patrols, the mayors of towns near the road have seen no progress.
The regional government's public works chief announced the move and agreed with provincial and municipal representatives to cut down all the vegetation "around and along the banks [of the river Tronto]", in which the prostitutes ply their trade.
Three environmental groups said that the scheme would destroy 28 hectares (69 acres) of woodland vital to local ecosystems, saying the only crime of the thousands of trees on the local authorities' hit list had been to "offer with their fronds shelter and intimacy to sex slaves".
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