Today was an urgent call out for Stella, Rich and Jerry to deal with a collapse on the riverside edge of this popular path. The task was to contain the breach of the path to prevent further erosion. Thanks to an individual donation for the work today.
The collapse of this path was reported to CROWS (many thanks) and after inspection we decided prompt action was needed. Although small at the moment, further collapse could easily result in the closure of the path.
Although the collapse was small, the bank was being undercut, so we decided to install some revetment to stabilise the edge.
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| Establishing the edge |
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| First section in. More now to cut to size |
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| Fixing everything together |
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| Back filled |
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| Emergency repair finished |
We hope today's emergency repair will deal with this problem for a while. However, we discovered that there are several similar problems (created by erosion and neglect) along this popular path.
We will return to do some vegetation control and carry out a detailed survey but maintaining this path and dealing with all its problems is way beyond the resources of CROWS. An alternative long term solution will be needed.
