Think that may be last time it was closed?
Yes but ... if it closed five years ago for:
Network Rail will be carrying out works to repair Whiteball tunnel to prevent the aging structure from further deteriorating. In addition, work will be carried out to expand the drainage system and to improve the embankment around the area as part of a wider programme to alleviate flood risks posed by extreme weather.
why does it now need:
WORK: 19 DAY BLOCKADE FOR WHITEBALL TUNNEL LINING REPAIRS.
? (There is also some drainage work, though that may not have needed a long closure).
Oh, and how are all the newts? Last time,
Due to the proximity of the worksite to a local pond known to be home to Great Crested Newts; a protected species, Network Rail has installed environmental fencing along the boundary of the worksite.
The building of the exclusion fence meant that Natural England could issue a licence, allowing the work to take place.
Has environmental fencing been deployed again, or are there still "newt-free zone" signs put up last time?
And yes, I did think "environmental fencing" was what took place between
NR» and the locals (see under "Goring").
