🚅 HS2 is far worse for animals such as owls and hedgehogs than the government has admitted, a study by the Wildlife Trusts claims
. For example, at the southern mouth of its Chiltern tunnel, the project is creating new chalk grasslands.
“It was essentially riddled with errors,” she said, adding that some habitats were misidentified, some missed out completely, along with so many ponds, trees and watercourses.
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