Bramber Brooks Environment Agency Works
Visitors to Bramber Brooks should be aware that the Environment Agency are due to begin undertaking habitat enhancement work on the site.
The purpose of the works is to create a series of the wetland ponds to improve the wetland habitat and associated raised walkways to facilitate public access year-round.
Material (topsoils and subsoils) excavated from the wetland ponds will be reused to create raised earth walkways. The projects ambition is to be a materials neutral site i.e. no imported or exported materials.
Breaks in the walkways are to be included to facilitate surface water flows, with crossing structures implemented to maintain the access along the raised walkways.
The works are expected to take 12 weeks with construction beginning on June 3 2024 and will mean some closures within the fenced nature reserve area.
Should you have any further queries regarding these works please contact the
Environment Agency National Customer Contact Centre: enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: 03708 506 506 (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm GMT)
The compensatory habitat works are being delivered as part of the Environment Agency’s Shoreham Adur Tidal Walls flood defence scheme, the project has better protected over 2,000 properties (OM2s) from tidal and fluvial flood events.
The habitat being created is to replace habitat lost during construction of the main scheme during 2019 further downstream at Shoreham Airport (Reach W7). The compensatory habitat is required to be constructed to discharge a planning condition imposed by Adur & Worthing Council on the SATW works.
- Due to high groundwater at the Brooks the works can only be undertaken in warmer, drier conditions and have therefore been programmed for Summer 2024.
- Access along the Public Right Of Way (PROW ) will be maintained. This includes access up to the river and to the community orchard.
There may be periods during vehicle movements where the PROW is restricted for the safety of walkway users. Banksman will restrict access to the PROW during these movements and will be positioned at the site compound and at the site access path from The Street, Bramber. - During times where vehicle movements restrict access those who wish to use the PROW may want to access the route via an alternate location 250m to the East adjacent to the bridge between Bramber and Upper Beeding.
- There will be disruption during times of deliveries. These deliveries will be organised as best as possible to be outside of known busy periods such as school run and rush hour times. Traffic signalling will be organised by site operatives with Stop / Go signs.
- Site parking is available at the site compound for site operatives only. If further parking is required they will be directed to the public car park in the village high street.
- The site compound will be at the end of the access path and just to the off the Public Right Of Way to the West.