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Notice of environmental works to land east of Bishton Lane, Colwich

Work item: HS2-EW-BB-Ph2A-Prog-works-7-16/08/2022

Work Item Summary

Project Phase
Phase 2a
Region
Staffordshire
Location
Bishton Lane, Colwich
Worksite Name
Bishton Lane, Colwich
Contractor
Balfour Beatty
Type of works
Early Environmental Works, Environmental mitigation works
Estimated Start Date
26/09/2022
Estimated End Date
31/03/2023

What we are doing

As part of our early environmental works, we will establish critical environmental and species relocation sites creating new habitats for local wildlife before any main work starts.

We will be creating ecological mitigation ponds surrounded by grassland habitat creation on land to the east of Bishton Lane. Once this is complete, we will surround these ponds with grassland habitat. We will use the ponds to relocate any protected species, such as Great Crested Newts before we need to remove any other habitats. We will also install
some new bird and bat boxes in the area to help the local wildlife.

When the work will take place

We will start the works on 26 September 2022.

The timeline for the works is shown below:

  • Hedge planting – September ‘22 to October ‘22
  • Bird and Bat box installation – September ’22 to November ‘22
  • Grassland creation – September ‘22 to March ‘23
  • Mitigation pond creation – September ’22 to March ‘23
  • Demobilisation – late-March ‘23

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