alt Hacker NewsWe need one for HS2 where every time you try and build a small section of track, they demand a bat tunnel or a newt ramp or a fox power plant.
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masfuerte • today at 9:07 AM
Very nearly half of HS2 - 64 miles - is in tunnels. This happened because the Conservative government was terrified of upsetting the Conservative voters along the route. The bat tunnel was nuts, but it's not that significant overall.
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JumpCrisscross • today at 8:04 AM
> a bat tunnel or a newt ramp or a fox power plant
Source? (To be clear, not doubting you.)
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This was a good reality check about the bat tunnel controversy: https://www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/04/hs2-bat-tunnel-dangerou...
Dunno, if you are dumb enough to try to build a high speed line through an area where endangered species are protected then yeah you’re going to have to avoid killing them.