Birds halt Umeå rail line
James Savage - [email protected]
Published: 15 Jun, 2006 CET.
Updated: Thu 15 Jun 2006 13:11 CET
Plans to build a railway line through an area in northern Sweden with a large bird population have been halted by the Environmental Court of Appeal.
The controversial stretch of line is the last part of the new Botniabana railway, a 190 kilometre track linking towns and cities on the sparsely populated Norrland coast.
The part of the line that has been stopped crosses Umedeltat, south of Umeå, which is designated a nature protection area.
The Umeå Environmental Court had previously given permission for the line to be built, but the appeal court has told it to reconsider.
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The controversial stretch of line is the last part of the new Botniabana railway, a 190 kilometre track linking towns and cities on the sparsely populated Norrland coast.
The part of the line that has been stopped crosses Umedeltat, south of Umeå, which is designated a nature protection area.
The Umeå Environmental Court had previously given permission for the line to be built, but the appeal court has told it to reconsider.
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