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Wetland Works: An Update
Our contractors, Ebsford Environmental, have now arrived onsite at Brigstock and work has started on the creation of a wetland to help improve flood resilience along Harpers Brook.
🚧 Please be aware 🚧
👷 Our contractors are using heavy plant and machinery.
🚶 Access to the site remains open, although we’d appreciate it if people could avoid the area wherever possible during the works, for everyone’s safety.
The works should take approximately two weeks. We’ll do our very best to keep access open, however some disruption may be possible at times. Please bear with us – thank you.
Should you have any questions, please contact the project team: rain@westnorthants.gov.uk.
Thanks to you all for your patience as we bring this important project to life!
You can view the location of works here: https://what3words.com/blesses.masts.restored
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The RAIN Project is funded by Defra as part of the £200 million Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programmes, which is managed by the Environment Agency. The programmes will drive innovation in flood and coastal resilience and adaptation to a changing climate.
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