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The first 74 Km section of the £5.2 billion Channel Tunnel Rail Link is entirely in Kent the `Garden of England'. This paper reports on the environmental management system that was set up to miminise the potentially huge environmental risks and impact of the scheme throughout its design and construction. In addition to management issues it reports on the approaches taken to relocating wildlife and controlling noise and vibration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Environmental considerations were at the heart of the route selection process for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Decisions were seldom clear-cut, but, with section I now built and operating, the majority seem to have proved right in environmental terms. With the benefit often years' hindsight this paper reviews the environmental input to route selection and how it worked in practice particularly the tough choices relating to Ashford, Boxley Valley and Medway. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]