HS2 in firing line for wildlife impact

BBC Wildlife

April 2023

Conservationists rail project has got its say the company behind the calculations badly wrong

- James Fair

THE DAMAGE TO WILDLIFE AND NATURE T from the construction of the highspeed rail link HS2 will be much greater than claimed, according to a report published by the Wildlife Trusts. Conservationists have assessed the figures produced by HS2 and say the measurable loss of biodiversity as a result of phases 1 and 2a - London to Crewe - will be nearly five times greater than stated.

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