8:14am Friday 16th October 2009
A MULTI-million pound high-speed bus link between Fareham and Gosport would have a “devastating impact” on bats and badgers, a Court has heard.
A judicial review at London’s High Court challenging the scheme heard plans for the new £20m route to ease traffic on the clogged roads between the two towns pose a great threat to the local environment.
Viv Morge, 57, who lives just yards from a new access way that would serve the bus link, said she was worried she and other residents will be plagued by noise from round-the-clock construction work set to last until 2011.
The council says extensive consultation showed most people backed the bus link, and did not consider the scheme to be controversial.
Legal arguments are due to be completed today, but Judge Bidder is expected to reserve his decision and issue a judgement in writing at a later date
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