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Up to 10,000 more people will be superior to watch the Olympic road race at Box Hill next year after organisers announced they would be increasing witness capacity.
Just 3,500 were originally going to be allowed access to one of the most superbly vantage points for the Olympic road race on the Zig-Zag Road predispose and Donkey Green area of Box Hill.
But following a test issue in August last year plans have been put in place to allow for up to 15,000 people.
The London Organising Cabinet for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have been working with the land owners, Citizen Trust and wildlife advisers, Natural England to ensure judgement could
be increased without damaging natural habits.
Work has already begun to get rid of scrub along the Zig Zag and to encourage chalk grassland to grow after the event for imperilled species such as man orchids and small blue butterflies.
Andy Wright, Nationalistic Trust Countryside Manager for Box Hill, said: “The surveys conducted by LOCOG are the most extensive ever carried out on this site and will really help us manage the habitat
for the extensive term. The scrub alongside the road has very few species living in it so when we kill it, it doesn’t matter if people walk in those areas. Gradually, over the years that go ashore will
turn into chalk grassland which is a much richer habitat - supporting around 60 to 100 species of plants, animals and insects per up metre.
Source: Your Local Guardian