How exactly would the #NorwichWesternLink road impact wildlife?
🪓Habitat loss (woods, hedges, meadows).
🌳Habitat fragmentation.
🦇Impacts on IUCN red listed Barbastelle bat.
🏞Pollutant run-off into the River Wensum SSSI.
🚦Noise & light = reduced nesting.
🚘 Collision deaths
.XRNorwich are at County Hall protesting the #NorwichWesternLink
The cost of the project has risen from £198 mill to £250 mill
They fear the total cost will exceed £300 mill and it will endanger wildlife in the Wensum Valley
Norfolk County Council say it will improve transport links
Former MP & scientist Ian Gibson commends much needed radical #extinctionrebellion to tackle #ClimateBreakdown
#NorwichWesternLink
A #barbastellebat can definitely tell the difference between the #ancientwoodland that would be destroyed to make way for the #norwichwesternlink and the weedy saplings that would be planted to make up for it.
“The habitats were also generally well connected”. They won’t be once the #NorwichWesternLink is built! And with the brown hare “vulnerable to road collision” you can all draw your own conclusions as to how they will fare! #biodiversity #wildlife
Our view from Norfolk Wildlife Trust on today’s decision on the #NorwichWesternLink : It is terrible news for Norfolk’s wildlife. It goes against gov't promises to recover our deteriorating natural environment by supporting a scheme that will destroy nature
edp24.co.uk/news/23853027.…
.XRNorwich are at County Hall protesting the #NorwichWesternLink
The cost of the project has risen from £198 mill to £250 mill
They fear the total cost will exceed £300 mill and it will endanger wildlife in the Wensum Valley
Norfolk County Council say it will improve transport links
Wow! This March BARBASTELLES were 2nd most commonly recorded species (after soprano pips) in woodlands in path of #NorwichWesternLink .
Lots of bat activity, especially for the time of year - when most bats are still torpid during chilly nights ❄️😴🦇
👉bit.ly/NWLbats
The available evidence suggests that the impacts of the #NorwichWesternLink on a nationally significant barbastelle colony cannot be adequately mitigated or compensated for and we have significant concerns about this scheme. bats.org.uk/our-work/biodi…
The podcast is live ⚡️
This week we'll find out why Steve Barclay's 🔥 Defra UK pulled the plug on new #EfW plants and why barbastelle bats are at the centre of a huge road dispute between Natural England & Norfolk County Council #NorwichWesternLink
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⚠️Tomorrow is the deadline to respond to the #NorwichWesternLink consultation!
Add your voice and help us protect irreplaceable habitats and rare wildlife from this road scheme👇
bit.ly/3R8XtRE
Ferrovial wins £198m Norwich Western Link buff.ly/3A4svCU
#norwichwesternlink #design #build
Construction Enquirer
Have you taken part in our #NorwichWesternLink Local Access Consultation yet? View our proposals and tell us what you think of them via norfolk.gov.uk/nwl before midnight on Sunday 20 September when the consultation closes.
Our #NorwichWesternLink Local Access Consultation closes at midnight tonight (Sunday). If you want your views to be taken into account, visit norfolk.gov.uk/nwl today to view the consultation proposals and tell us what you think of them. Thanks very much.
highwaysmagazine.co.uk/Norfolk-wins-2…
Not looking good for #NorwichWesternLink road
The elation sparked by the funding announcement for the proposed Norwich Western Link is dampened by an overwhelming and perhaps insurmountable financial shortfall
The future of the £213m…
edp24.co.uk/news/24155566.…
🚧💸 The #NorwichWesternLink project's price tag has ballooned to £300m plus, with taxpayers footing the bill! 🤯
Norfolk County Council Department for Transport
In Norfolk, we've got communities plagued by rat-running & transport woes everywhere, yet this costly road…
Don't forget, our #NorwichWesternLink Local Access Consultation closes at midnight this Sunday. Visit norfolk.gov.uk/nwl before then to view our consultation proposals and give us your thoughts.
Ferrovial Construction has been awarded the £107m contract to design and build the Norwich Western Link by Norfolk County Council. buff.ly/3A4svCU
#construction #design #build #norwichwesternlink
Construction Enquirer
The #NorwichWesternLink road will destroy vital wildlife habitats, including #AncientWoodland and #VeteranTrees 🌳
The Government must focus on delivering for #NaturesRecovery , not habitat destruction.
Respond to the consultation at bit.ly/3R8XtRE