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Costing the Earth: Wildlife-Friendly Motorways

Wildlife-Friendly Motorways

11/10/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth, Wildlife-Friendly Motorways

Can you build a motorway that does not wipe out wildlife? Tom Heap investigates.

Motorways kill animals - that is unavoidable. Tom Heap asks if the death toll can be minimised with badger tunnels and bat flyovers.

Motorways kill animals. That's unavoidable. But can road builders minimise the death toll with badger tunnels, bat flyovers, and green bridges covered in plants rather than tarmac? Tom Heap travels to the Gwent Levels and the Netherlands to find out.

Producer: Sarah Swadling.

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