Posted on December 18, 2015
The dredging operations are currently underway along the River Parrett, with the main goal to provide extra protection against flooding in Somerset. This flood protection work along 3 km of the River Parrett started at the end of November, with two contracts for dredging being funded by Somerset Rivers Authority.
The dredging operations are currently underway along the River Parrett, with the main goal to provide extra protection against flooding in Somerset.
This flood protection work along 3 km of the River Parrett started at the end of November, with two contracts for dredging being funded by Somerset Rivers Authority.
One contract – awarded by the Parrett Internal Drainage Board, acting on behalf of the Somerset Rivers Authority, to WM Longreach– is for 2.2 km of maintenance dredging upstream of Northmoor pumping station, and the other – due to be awarded imminently by the Environment Agency – is for 750 m of new dredging downstream of Northmoor pumping station.
