HS2 bat shed cost £100m+

Could HS2 have built the most expensive shed ever? According to Si Jon Thompson, HS2's chair, who was talking at the Rail Industry Association conference today about the costs of the whole project, a kilometre-long 'bat shed' had to be erected in woodland alongside the new high-speed line in Sheephouse Wood, Buckinghamshire to save a colony of Bechstein’s bats. While Shedworking is very much on the bats' side, Thompson admitted that the shed - which cost north of £100m - had been built without any evidence that bats were actually in danger. And indeed Natural England has said it did not stipulate such a structure was vital. Plenty of media have covered this story, including the Guardian here, if you'd like more details.

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