Network Rail: Biodiversity
Commons · Question 13067 · Tabled 24 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the reprioritisation of vegetation management following the identification of protected species results on costs to Network Rail.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 29 Jun 2026
Network Rail has not made specific estimates of the cost or time arising from identification of protected species. For Network Rail, such activities are embedded within wider project development, environmental mitigation and vegetation management processe...