Badgers tunnelling beneath a highway in Lincolnshire have brought on £100,000 value of harm, a council has mentioned.
The mammals had dug a sett beneath the A52 at Seaholme Street, in the course of Mablethorpe, in accordance with Lincolnshire County Council.
Emergency repairs to the highway must be carried out to cease it falling aside, a spokesperson for the authority mentioned.
Nevertheless, the council had needed to await a licence from Pure England earlier than the work could possibly be carried out as a result of badgers had been a protected species, they added.
The authority had wished to hold out the repairs earlier, however now the licence had been granted, it was operating out of time to do the emergency work, in accordance with the spokesperson.
All work on badger setts have to be accomplished between July and the top of November so the repairs didn’t intrude with the badgers’ mating season, they defined.
Councillor Richard Davies mentioned: “In whole, these works are going to price us a further £100,000 to finish.”
The Mablethorpe space already has highway closures on the A1104 for resurfacing work, and Davies mentioned the authority was conscious of site visitors circulation points within the city.
The A1104 scheme couldn’t be paused because it was at a essential level, he mentioned.
“Our palms are tied about scheduling these conflicting works,” Davies defined.
“We’ve no choice however to get this extra programme up and operating immediately.
“If there was another choice accessible to us, we’d take it.”
Davies added that it was “extraordinarily irritating we have now not been given this licence till now”.
A situation of the licence issued by Pure England requires the works be carried out beneath a highway closure, to make sure the security of the badgers.
The council spokesperson mentioned the work can be carried out between 09:00 GMT and 16:00 GMT from Saturday 8 November and Wednesday 20 November.
A 3-way site visitors gentle system would function exterior these hours so the highway could possibly be used.
Pure England has been approached for a remark.
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