[blibble]

> "Natural England has not required HS2 Ltd to build the reported structure, or any other structure, nor advised on the design or costs."

yes, they didn't strictly require them to do it, but if they hadn't done it (or something very similar) they wouldn't have removed their objection to the planning application

standard quango double speak

> Yet this does not have to be at the expense of local ecology

the opportunity cost of this bat tunnel is massive

you could do a lot of good with £100 million of taxpayers money, vs. some giant concrete 1km long structure

additionally, it will be years after construction before the trains start running, and bats will inevitably end up roosting in the structure...