HS2 has been accused of creating a “smokescreen for destruction” with a strategy to relocate soils from ancient woodlands facing destruction to make way for the high-speed train line.
HS2 yesterday acknowledged that there was limited evidence for the success of its strategy of translocating soils and tree stumps from woodlands in Warwickshire, but argued that it is better to do so than not.
Ecologists told the BBC that moving