In 2017, bulldozers cleared Western Australian wetlands for a highway that was cancelled; nine years later, restoration has returned over 200,000 plants and recorded 97 animal species across 18 hectares

AI summary preview · read the full story at The Times of India

• A highway project in Western Australia cleared sensitive bushland and wetlands for the Roe 8 extension, part of the Perth Freight Link, with land clearing escalating in early 2017.
• Construction was suspended after the Labor Party won the state election in March 2017, and the wider project was formally closed in January 2025.