HL Deb 23 July 1998 vol 592 cc141-2WA
Lord Mancroft

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Who erected and paid for the metal deer-proof fencing on either side of the M.40 motorway between junctions 8 and 9; why; and what is the cost. [HL2912]

Baroness Hayman

Deer fencing was provided by what was then the Department of Transport on the M.40 between Junctions 8 and 9 as part of the construction of the motorway.

Deer move across the line of the motorway between Boarstall and Shabbington Woods. Fencing was installed to direct the deer to special crossing points as there was a high probability that they would stray onto the motorway.

The total cost of providing 10.4km of deer fencing and 7.9km of deer/badger fencing in 1989 was £300,000.