Well said Ben Read.
Look at it another way -
“If, simply by sitting 20mins longer on a train every day, I could magically create:
693 local wildlife sites
108 Ancient Woodlands
33 legally protected SSSIs
18 Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves
5 Internationally protected Wildlife sites
2 RAMSAR sites - wetlands of international importance
4 taxpayer-funded Nature improvement sites (THAT was money well spent! ???)
22 Living landscapes - (wildlife corridors essential to the survival of locally endangered species)
Restore about 50 SQUARE KILOMETERS of land to nature and save over £100 BILLION of tax payers' money....
I would be DELIGHTED to take a little longer for my journey!
Someone please remind me therefore..... why is HS2 still a good idea?”
Ben Read
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