M4 relief road plan is 'government-sponsored ecocide'
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Plans to build a £1.1bn M4 relief road through the Gwent Levels have been described as "government sponsored ecocide".
Nature presenter Iolo Williams said species including otters, water voles, bats, dormice and rare beetles would be affected by the motorway.
The Welsh Government said mitigation works would include new mammal tunnels.
But in a statement to the public inquiry in Newport Mr Williams said these were "nothing short of a joke".
Writing on behalf of Gwent Wildlife Trust the BBC naturalist accused the Welsh Government of sponsoring "ecocide" - the extensive destruction of non-human life.
The Welsh Government's preferred route - known as the "black route" - cuts across the Gwent Levels and four sites of special scientific interest (SSSI).
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