Wildlife and environmental organisations say the planned link road would destroy habitats.
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Wildlife and environmental organisations, including the Campaign to Protect Rural England, have said the scheme would destroy ancient woodland, meadows and river valleys."The county council is really ignoring the strength of feeling about this from a lot of different groups and individuals," she said.
Jenn Patkhouse, from Norwich, a member of Extinction Rebellion, claimed the road would "absolutely wreck the Wensum Valley". "This species is globally threatened, declining across their whole range in Europe and even going extinct in other European countries such as the Netherlands," he added.
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