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
Former MP & scientist Ian Gibson commends much needed radical #extinctionrebellion to tackle #ClimateBreakdown
#NorwichWesternLink
“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
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.
.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
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…
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.…
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 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
🎧Listen now podfollow.com/ends
.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
#NorwichWesternLink is a Norfolk ecological disaster. Wrong idea. Wrong time. Outdated project. Pls Norfolk County Council drop it now. So-called relief rd caused enough damage already. Yours sincerely Norfolk resident. Wensum Woodlanders 🍃💚🍃🌳🦇🌳 All Things Norfolk Stop the Wensum Link 🍃💚🍃 Friends of the Earth AndyBloomfield
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…
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…
⚠️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
Following yesterday’s announcement that Norfolk County Council has given the green light for a planning application to be submitted for the #NorwichWesternLink road, environmental organisations continue to raise grave concerns...
ℹ️ Find out more
👇
buglife.org.uk/news/western-l…
#Norfolk #COP28
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.
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
Ferrovial wins £198m Norwich Western Link buff.ly/3A4svCU
#norwichwesternlink #design #build
Construction Enquirer
