Monday, October 19, 2009

Case study River Wensum, Fakenham


River Wensum, Fakenham - Rehabilitation Project

River Wensum is lowland rivers which rises to the west Fakenham and flow through agricultural land and joining to River Yare at Norwich. In the centre of Fakenham have an area public space adjacent to the river Wensum for used by public for fishing and dog walking. Bank erosion river Wensum occurred over 130m from section. The main reason bank erosion is Wensum due to over graving and trampling by duck.

The objective River Wensum is to carry out bank revetment using bio-engineering techniques to prevent erosion of the bank and provided platforms allowing disable people and anglers to access the river.

The element work undertaken including the installation of coir mattresses and coin rolls, while 6 fishing platforms are constructing out of timber board to give access to the river.



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