A
79-yea -old
g a dmothe
i
He efo dshi e,
UK,
is
efusi g
to
sell
pa t
of
he
ga de
fo
a
majo
oad
p oject
that
could
b i g
a
60mph
oute
close
to
he
home.
Jea
Ha is,
a
eti ed
school
sec eta y
a d
pia o
teache ,
has
poi t-bla k
efused
to
egotiate
ove
the
la d
eeded
fo
the
p oposed
Southe
Li k
Road,
ow
bei g
developed
as
Phase
1
of
the
He efo d
Weste
Bypass.
The
p oject
is
expected
to
cost
mo e
tha
£45
millio ,
oughly
$60
millio ,
a d
would
equi e
a
po tio
of
Ha is’s
ga de .
Ha is
says
she
is
dete mi ed
to
p otect
the
wildlife
a ou d
he
home
a d
a
eighbou i g
a cie t
oak
t ee
that
she
believes
is
a ou d
500
yea s
old.
She
also
fea s
the
oad
could
affect
the
value
a d
peaceful
su ou di gs
of
the
home
whe e
she
has
lived
si ce
2003.
With
the
cou cil
pu sui g
la d
acquisitio
fo
the
scheme,
Ha is
faces
the
possibility
of
losi g
pa t
of
he
ga de
eve
though
she
has
efused
to
sell
it
volu ta ily.
Why
the
79-yea -old
g a dmothe
is
efusi g
to
sell
he
ga de
Jea
Ha is
lives
i
a
th ee-bed oom
bu galow
i
Alle smo e,
He efo dshi e,
which
she
bought
i
2003.
The
eti ed
school
sec eta y
a d
pia o
teache
has
two
g ow -up
child e
a d
th ee
g a dchild e ,
a d
has
spe t
mo e
tha
two
decades
livi g
at
the
p ope ty.
He
home,
k ow
as
Pykeways,
sits
o
a
plot
with
oughly
two-thi ds
of
a
ac e
of
ga de ,
pa t
of
which
would
be
affected
by
the
p oposed
oad.
Ha is
says
she
has
poi t-bla k
efused
to
sell
a y
po tio
of
he
la d
a d
has
ot
e te ed
i to
egotiatio s
with
He efo dshi e
Cou cil.
Fo
he ,
the
ga de
is
ot
simply
a
asset
that
ca
be
excha ged
fo
mo ey.
She
fea s
losi g
pa t
of
it
would
pe ma e tly
cha ge
the
su ou di gs
of
he
home
a d
could
affect
its
futu e
value
a d
appeal.
Repo ts
have
valued
the
th ee-bed oom
p ope ty
at
app oximately
£575,000.
Ha is
says
she
would
athe
co ti ue
fighti g
the
oad
scheme
tha
volu ta ily
give
up
the
la d
she
has
lived
with
fo
yea s.
The
oad
that
could
come
close
to
he
home
The
p oposed
oute
would
pass
ve y
close
to
Ha is’s
p ope ty
a d
affect
the
existi g
access
a a geme t
to
he
home.
He efo dshi e
Cou cil
pla i g
docume ts
i dicate
that
the
oute
would
bisect
the
existi g
la e
se vi g
Pykeways,
mea i g
cha ges
would
be
eeded
to
the
p ope ty’s
access.
Ha is
has
desc ibed
the
p oposed
oad
as
a
60mph
oute
that
could
b i g
t affic
a d
oise
much
close
to
he
home.
She
fea s
the
p ese ce
of
a
busy
oad
would
dest oy
the
quiet
su ou di gs
she
cu e tly
e joys
a d
make
the
p ope ty
less
att active
to
futu e
buye s.
He
co ce s
exte d
beyo d
the
physical
loss
of
ga de
space,
as
she
says
the
oise,
t affic
a d
dis uptio
could
fu dame tally
cha ge
he
day-to-day
life.
Fo
a
homeow e
who
has
lived
at
the
p ope ty
si ce
2003,
Ha is
sees
the
p oposed
oad
as
a
pe ma e t
alte atio
to
the
cha acte
of
the
place
she
co side s
home.