Top of Wainsgate Lane / Calderdale Way Path.
Nick and Paul were out today on a drizzly cloudy morning to tackle some severe water damage on the Calderdale Way. The path in question leads up from Shawcroft Cottages and meets the top of Wainsgate Lane where there is a crossroads. Excess water from the winter and early spring period coming off the bridleway and metalled road has caused severe rutting to the top of the path making it a treacherous descent for walkers.
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| Map of site |
Work funded by Wadsworth Parish Council - thank you.
The problem:
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| Deep rutting water damage. |
A close up:
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| A close up view. |
The damage has caused a deep 30 cm cut in the path and a steep step down that is a real ankle twister. Water ingress off the road is a perennial issue here so we puzzled how best to repair the footpath while retaining a drainage channel. We decided to build in three new steps aside from the natural water course while channelling this flow using lengths of revetment.
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| Two steps installed and edging for the channel. |
It made sense to channel the water toward the left of the path where the banking fell away to prevent the waterflow from following the footpath further downhill where it has caused previous damage.
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| Drainage channel formed. |
This meant that the footpath crossed over the channel to a third step to access the downward path.
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| Downhill view. |
It may look like a game of mousetrap but hopefully it will prevent further water erosion while we consult Highways about sorting out the problem at source.
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| Birds eye view from the top. |
We'll return in a couple of weeks to see how this has bedded in and adjust accordingly.
