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