Plans for Northern Ireland’s biggest road scheme could be quashed — because of an endangered fish. High Court judge warned on Tuesday that he is considering halting plans to press ahead with the £330m dualling of the controversial A5 road, which runs from Londonderry in the north west to Aughnacloy in south Tyrone. The judge found there had been a failure to carry out an appropriate assessment of the Rivers Foyle and Finn Special Areas of Conservation under the Habitats Directive…
Belfast Telegraph, 13/03/13. Read the full article ‘Northern Ireland’s biggest road project could be sunk by salmon‘.