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Do dormice have to pay the price of faster travel to Paris?

Reducing the ecological impact of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link

Construction of a wildlife bridge across the railway. The bridge will be planted with trees and shrubs to allow dormice, which are arboreal, to cross the tracks

Construction of a wildlife bridge across the railway. The bridge will be planted with trees and shrubs to allow dormice, which are arboreal, to cross the tracks.

A dormouse waking from a nap...

Since the inception of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, an imaginative management programme, unique in size, ensures that the project applies the highest environmental standards. The ecological impact of the railway has been reduced through extensive habitat creation. Woodland is being created by planting 1.2 million native Kent trees, many on ancient woodland soils painstakingly relocated to new sites to preserve the unique ecosystems. Artificial badger setts, a bat cave, ponds for amphibians and dormouse nest boxes have been provided. Dormice have been relocated to the Midlands, to repopulate woods. Land bridges have been specially designed to allow the remaining dormice to cross the railway.

Further Information

Channel Tunnel Rail Link’s website address is www.ctrl.co.uk
These fact sheets illustrate the company’s approach to wildlife conservation.