The proposed HS2 development is currently thought to be scheduled to pass through a string of parks and protected areas with important populations of rare bats, butterflies and flowers (http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/07/hs2-costs-countryside-environment-mps). The worry seems to be a current focus on cost and an apparently superficial evaluation of its impact on what remains of the natural world. If it goes ahead, of course it will disrupt and of course costs are a serious consideration but I am not wholly convinced that the planners really know how to weigh the importance of some of the areas likely to be effected or how to offer remedial work to offset the damage.
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