Spain shelves new motorway route as threatening the endangered Iberian Lynx

Spain shelves new motorway route as threatening the endangered Iberian Lynx
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By m.p - May 31, 2007 - 10:01 PM

The route for a new toll motorway has been shelved as threatening the habitat of the endangered Iberian lynx. Photo – EFE Archives.

The toll motorway is planned to connect Castilla-La Mancha with Andalucía from Toledo to Córdoba

The Development Ministry and the regional governments of Andalucía and Castilla-La Mancha are to work on a new route for a toll motorway to connect Toledo with Córdoba via Ciudad Real, after the proposed route was shelved as potentially damaging to protected areas.

They include areas classified as ‘critical’ for the conservation of threatened species, amongst them the Iberian Lynx, the Iberian Imperial Eagle, and the Black Stork.

A environmental impact report on the project from the Environment Ministry has concluded it to be incompatible with the environment, and that it would cause ‘significant negative effects.’
(environment story)

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