Airport spent £1m on newts
03.03.08
Manchester Airport has spent £1m to save newts living near its runway, the Manchester Evening News reports. The council owned airport has spent the money over the last 5 years to protect newts living around Runway 2.
According to the newspaper, even before the £172m runway opened in February 2001, more than £3m was spent re-homing 4500 great crested newts and more than 30,000 other amphibians. Another £½m has been spent since 2005 protecting newts, bats and other rare species. The money has been spent to comply with European laws.
A Manchester Airport spokesman said: ‘We have a 15 year plan to maintain and protect all ecological species - especially protected great crested newts, bats and badgers.’
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