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Welcome
to our update email about the Medmerry managed realignment scheme.
Click
here
for background information and history of the scheme.
Access road construction
We
are delighted to let you know that work to construct the access road to
what will be the main compound is to start on 12 September.
During
September a new temporary works compound will be built near the village of Ham, plus an access route to the
compound via the water treatment works at Sidlesham. This will then provide
the main works base over the 18 months during which the scheme will be
built.
This
initial work will take 3 or 4 weeks to complete. During this time there
will be lorry deliveries to the site along the B2145. On average this will
be about 10 lorries per day. We plan to route the incoming journeys along
the B2201, with the return journeys through Hunston.
Following
this initial work construction of the scheme itself is due to start in
October.
Looking after the reptiles
The
ditches and banks at Medmerry hold common lizards, grass snakes and a few
adders, and we need to ensure that they are safely removed from the areas
where the new flood defences are going to be built. To do this, we have put
in blocks of black plastic fencing around the areas where we know our
construction activities could have an impact on reptiles. Any reptiles
within the fencing are then trapped and moved to areas of rough grassland
that we have created for them in undisturbed parts of the site. The black
fencing is in addition to the green sheet fencing that we have already used
to catch and move water voles to safer areas.
Recent events
We
were pleased to see many of you at our recent guided walks to view the site
before construction begins. Our thanks to Earnley Concourse and Bunn
Leisure for hosting us. We plan to hold more events as the construction
progresses.
We
also held an Medmerry Stakeholders Advisory Group (MStAG) meeting to review
latest plans, and we were delighted to be part of the Manhood Wildlife and
Heritage Exhibition at the Selsey Centre, showing people the plans. Thank
you to the Manhood Wildlife and Heritage Group for extending us an
invitation to attend.
As always, further details about the project are
available on our website: www.environment-agency.gov.uk/medmerry
If you have any questions about the project, please
email the project team on: medmerry@environment-agency.gov.uk.
You can also contact our public liaison officer, Jacqui Bandy, directly by
phone on 07917 048912.
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Colin Maplesden
Project Manager
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