“We’re very aware of the fact that there will be local environmental impacts there are ways we can mitigate that,” he said. When work begins in 2016, cuttings will be made deeper and in some cases covered to create new tunnels.
Britain’s proposed high speed rail line from London to Birmingham maybe diverted. It appears greater expense is to be incurred to keep the trains and their route out of sight.
Also from the linked article:
“Protests against the plan are being backed by Lord Rothschild, a member of the banking family whose country estate will be crossed by the proposed line.”
“Morgan, it all depends on whose ox is being gored” - late Trains Editor David P. Morgan, quoting an Army officer under whom Morgan served, which appeared in Trains sometime in the 1970’s or so. [swg]
NIBYism is universal.
Interesting in the article was the creation of tunnels. In this case, NIBYism is literally causing civil engineers to create mountains to tunnel through.