2024年11月7日 · Sir Jon Thompson told a rail industry conference the bat protection structure in Buckinghamshire was needed to appease Natural England, as bats are legally protected in the …

2025年2月24日 · It will provide adequate shielding for bat flight paths from passing trains and provides connectivity points for wildlife with a green bridge and underpass. The structure is …

2025年2月27日 · HS2 is helping to add to the scientific understanding of this rare species and has been conducting surveys for more than 10 years. This monitoring is ongoing, but during the …

2024年11月11日 · Thirteen species of bat inhabit Sheephouse Woods in Buckinghamshire, which border the high-speed rail line. The chairman of the HS2 rail line said it was spending £100m …

2025年3月3日 · The tunnel, designed to protect a colony of rare Bechstein’s bats, has become a totemic symbol of Britain’s onerous planning regime and the extreme cost overruns at HS2.

2025年3月4日 · Environment secretary Steve Reed has said that the spending “vast sums” on High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) so-called “bat tunnel” is “ludicrous”, as the true cost of the structure is …

2025年3月7日 · The ‘Bat Tunnel’ Is the Least of HS2’s Sins. Spending £100 million to protect vulnerable mammals shows how out of control the high-speed railway project was. March 7, …

2025年2月11日 · HS2 will continue to build this bat tunnel, due to be complete in 2027, come what may. A compromise plan - that would see developers pay into a single government …

2024年11月7日 · Britain’s High Speed 2 rail line spent £100mn building an arch over the railway to protect overflying bats from hitting its trains, the chair of the beleaguered project has …

2024年12月21日 · HS2’s £100 million tunnel designed to protect bats from trains is not bat-proof, it has emerged. The 900m-long structure is being built to comply with nature conservation laws …