Highways England may have to reverse act of ‘cultural vandalism’ | Heritage | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jul/21/highways-england-may-have-to-reverse-act-of-cultural-vandalism

Gotta agree with the headline. Holy hell the infill looks ugly.

"It is pushing alongside HE’s stifling culture of risk aversion and lack of understanding of historical railway structures."

Risk aversion may actually be a really good explanation for how this happens. And probably related to the insanity we've seen around covid.