Flood alleviation work 2008

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Ross-on-Wye

The Flood Alleviation Scheme Work 2007

Current works

Click here for the continuing Flood Alleviation Scheme Work in 2008

27^st October '07

The Sluice at Brookend

During the week the excavations at the site of the Sluice at Brookend have started. The new tunnel has been started and some of the pipe liners have been delivered.

The site of the sluice gate (Click for a larger image)

This is the start of the new culvert (Click for a larger image)

These are some of the new pipe liners (Click for a larger image)

Homs Road area

The flood defences in the Homs Road car park (Click for a larger image)

Silt trap at Homs Road (Click for a larger image)

The continuing excavations (Click for a larger image)

The excavations looking back from the Rowing Club (Click for a larger image)

In the Homs Road area, excavations of the new channel for the brook are continuing. Also the new shaft is still being dug out and is now being constantly pumped out.

The Bund

Further excavations at the bund have been carried out to build up the bank for the bund. This is a temporary bund that is being built to allow the work downstream to continue throughout the winter. After this, the final bund will be built in this area. Everyday GPS position measuring equipment is used to check that the alignment of the banks exactly match the plan.

The bund (Click for a larger image)

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Flood alleviation work 2008

¹ The brook referred to as the Chatterley Brook is actually a unnamed brook that flows from Weston-under-Penyard past Chackley Grove. It has only recently become referred to as the Chatterley Brook and locally it was previously known as Chackley Brook.