€d_Modus Vivendi schreef op 6 februari 2014 08:15:
BAM Nuttall will start work next week on the initial element of a £50m of flood defences project on the River Aire near Leeds.
The city has been close to major flooding five times over the last decade and is about to embark on the country’s second biggest alleviation scheme.
This includes installing the UK’s first moveable weirs, which can be lowered to reduce river levels
BAM’s £2m first phase, involves construction of an embankment, flood walls and storage pond at Woodlesford, should be completed by July.
Planning permission for the major flood defences in the City Centre and Holbeck, including the removal of Knostrop Cut, was recently granted.
Detailed design work is progressing and the design and build contract will be tendered in April through the Environment Agency’s asset delivery framework after a bid competition in March.