Waterways Management

Removal of barriers to fish passage upstream for spawning

Sweeping bends engineered into straight section of the River Lark,  gravel introduced to improve fish spawning grounds and direct flow

Gravel introduced along restored section of river

Trees felled into the waterway as the basis of berms to adjust the flow of current along the river.

Slubbing out Fen Drains as part of a Winter maintanence program

Wooden bridge over footdrain 

Culvert installed with Sandbag headwall for maximum width of access

Start of pumping station inlet cleaning 

On site install and fabrication of water control infrastructure as part of fen drainage restructuring 

Fallen trees cleared from pumping station outfall using the reach and off road capability of Unimog and mounted timber crane

Timber washed down river by flood water removed from the sluice before it could get tangled up with punts in the Mill Pond on the river Cam, using Unimog mounted timber crane.

Removing scrub growth from the banks of drains with low ground pressure excavator using tree shear attached to tilt rotator, pulling in house fabricated lip extraction trailer

Neglected outfall for surface water from village housing recovered from overgrown brambles and vegetation with excavator mulcher before reprofiling drain

Regular maintenance of fen drains removing reeds and ensuring levels are correct

Eroded bank by cattle reinstated

Ditch cleaned as part of scrub clearance and re-fencing grazing land.

Willow tree pollarded to ensure its longevity and to protect both the clean ditch and the newly installed fence

Fenland drains slubbed out following removal of saplings from both banks