NI Greenways, a cycling blog, said a “national disgrace (was) slowly killing a national treasure”.
“I was being a tourist at the Dark Hedges during the summer & couldn’t get over the number of cars. The area definitely needs protected,” journalist Sara Moore tweeted.
About 150 of the trees were planted more than 200 years ago, but now fewer than two thirds remain standing, according to the BBC.
The Department for Infrastructure said the ban would come into force on October 30 and the only exceptions would be for certain agricultural and emergency vehicles such as agricultural and emergency vehicles.
