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The “final frontier” of the proposed HS2 route
The Woodland Trust have produced a video of Winnington Wood, one of the 19 ancient woodland directly affected by HS2.
As they say:
We are now in the final frontier of the proposed HS2 route. It’s more important than ever that we stand up together and make our voices heard.
This is your chance to stand up for trees and make sure HS2 Ltd understands that the impact of the Phase 2b route on our irreplaceable ancient woods is wholly unacceptable. Add your voice at http://www.woodlandtru.st/T2Me5
We encourage everyone to go to respond to the consultation, and thank you to the Woodland Trust for providing an easy way to do so.
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