The battle for Barcombe bridge
National Highways ' infilling of legacy railway structures continues to cause controversy despite the Government pausing all schemes in the summer.
At Barcombe in East Sussex, campaigners are fighting to prevent a 1,000-tonne concrete and aggregate embankment being installed, blocking an ecologically sensitive habitat and wildlife corridor. The bridge - which dates from 1882 - stands within a conservation area which is intended to protect the village's historic assets.
Lewes District Council supports the community's view that such an environmentally reckless act has no place in 2021; ministers have been lobbied by the local MP.
But what will be final outcome be?