I am never sure whether it is better not to rattle National Highways' Historical Railways Estate's cage, as their normal response is to either fill it with concrete or demolish it (depending on the type of structure).
Yeah, I know. It should be, where realistic, picked up for the national future but that feels like a long shot at present; it may be re-opening for leisure, it may in some cases be letting it go for ever but it needs to be a balance and differing people will have differing views of the balance.
It could be that the campaign strategy of "let be" until there is a new national strategy / body that's more benign in place should be adopted - but that's high risk too, and doesn't there need to be work done to persuade whoever-it-is to put that more benign / even-keeled approach in place?
I am aware that at present "all options" are being considered in much national campaign work, with both short term work to persuade the current government, and also work with each of the groupings who may be forming the government or part of it by this time next year.
