A council said that it is being forced to bill £ 4.3 million for one. Batsman To save the bridge and tunnel Rare bat species It has appeared in the region.
Lincolnshire The County Council claimed that it was disputing the costs for the “ridiculous” bridge and tunnel, which has been told that it should be built to move near the road construction Lincoln,
It had earlier claimed that Natural England If action is not taken, there will be objection to the planning application for construction. But the public body said that it did not give any direction that there is no need to take such measures and there is never any need to construct the structure.
Improvement UK Council leader Sean Mathews said: “Using £ 4 million taxpayer money on bat bridge and tunnels is a complete distance, and I am 100 percent against paying this forced recovery amount.”
But he said that there may be a scenario where the cost of delay in the project will save more to fight the requirement of the council.
He said, “This does not mean that I have resigned to pay this £ 4 million. I will continue to do everything, as long as I can save the taxpayer’s money on this plan, I will continue to do everything,” he said.
He said that the construction of North Hykem Relief Road will still begin in early 2026.
The council said that it has been reported that a rare and weak species in the UK, a grass-over bridge near the road to the flight road of Barbastel Bat, should be constructed. It states that it has to build a bat tunnel and bat “hop-over” so that they can be allowed to cross the road safely.
A Natural England spokesperson said: “Natural England was not consulted on bat mitigation for North Hykeham Relief Road and thus, we did not need the bat ‘demand’ or design ‘bridge’ and ‘bridge’ mitigation.
“Proposals have been designed by developers based on their own ecological surveys and legal obligations.”
In January, the Cambrishire County Council warned that the East West Rail Project, which is ready to give a new rail link between Oxford and Cambridge, Serious consequences for barbastail bats In the area.
It said that the rail route, which is supported by Chancellor Rachel Reves, can have a “frightening” effect on the population of species. Ms. Reeves has been accused Bats fight As she wants to improve the development of infrastructure to make more difficult to make wildlife concerns to interfere.
Last year, HS2 Spending more than Limited £ 100m building a “shed” To protect them from high -speed trains for bats.
Mr. Matthews said: “I will also write about the disinterest of this situation to the Prime Minister and how we can get this way. I am confident that the government will be ready to help, given that the cabinet has also supported the removal of this type of expensive red tape for the developers.”