PLANS to improve a brook running through a Bromsgrove park will be revealed at a council event, writes Ramla Soni.
The works of the brook which is to start at the end of September will create a better home for wildlife and water-voles by removing sections of the crumbling concrete channel along the Battlefield Brook, in Sanders Park, to replace it with a naturalised channel.
In February 2019 phase two, which will see minor habitat alterations such as adding ripples and pooling sections to the upstream and downstream reaches, will start and last eight weeks.
The Environment Agency have identified these schemes to ensure water companies meet European and national water quality targets. Battlefield Brook was selected as an area in which habitat improvements would be required to enable the watercourse to achieve “good” river quality status.
Heather McCready, from Severn Trent, who are carrying out the work in Bromsgrove, said: “We’re committed to protecting and improving the environment right across our region.
“This work aims to improve local habitat and provide an environment in which wildlife, such as the water voles, can populate and traverse between the natural upstream and downstream sections of the brook.”
Residents are invited to drop-in at special engagement sessions run by Severn Trent, and partners including the council on tomorrow (Thursday, August 17) between 2pm and 7pm.
