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National Highways' infilling of legacy railway structures continues to cause controversy despite the Government pausing all schemes in the summer. At Barcombe in East Sussex, campaigners are fighting to prevent a 1,000-tonne concrete and aggregate embankment being installed, blocking an ecologically sensitive habitat and wildlife corridor.
(Permalink) Brighton and South Coast Railway) Barcombe East Grinstead to Culver Junction (London |
Unrest is brewing in an East Sussex village over National Highways' plan to infill a historic railway bridge within a conservation area. The state-owned roads company manages more than 3,100 legacy structures on the Department for Transports behalf. A controversial programme to infill or demolish 134 bridges and tunnels was revealed in January.
(Permalink) Brighton and South Coast Railway) Bluebell Railway East Grinstead to Culver Junction (London |