Notice of archaeological work on land off A53, Whitmore
Work item: HS2-EW-BB-Ph2a-Surv-1-10/03/2022
Work Item Summary
- Project Phase
- Phase 2a
- Region
- Staffordshire
- Location
- A53, Whitmore
- Worksite Name
- A53, Whitmore
- Contractor
- Balfour Beatty
- Type of works
- Archaeology, Environmental mitigation works
- Estimated Start Date
- 14/03/2022
- Estimated End Date
- 30/04/2022
What we are doing
At Coney Greave Farm to the south of A53, we will create ecological mitigation ponds surrounded by grassland habitat creation. We will use the ecological mitigation ponds to relocate any protected species such as great crested newts and bats before we need to remove any other
habitats as required.
Before we start to construct the ponds, we need to excavate some archaeological trial trenches. These are to help us understand if there are any archaeological features or natural geological deposits we need to be aware of before we start any other work.
We will use a mechanical excavator to dig the trenches. No further excavation takes place at this stage.
When the work will take place
We will start the excavation work on 14 March 2022. The creation of the pond itself will begin once we have carried out the archaeological work and will be ongoing throughout the year.
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