2023-24 Tales from an East Anglian Riverbank - Portfolio - Page 16
YARE VALLEY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE - BLUEBELL MARSH
CHALK TO SEA
Working with:
Norfolk Rivers Trust
Norwich City Council
EA Lead:
Amy Prendergast
The Yare Valley Green Infrastructure project (202024) aimed to enhance the River Yare, its noodplain
habitats, and public access to nature in partnership
with Norfolk Rivers Trust and Norwich City Council.
In this 昀椀nal year, we restored two areas of
noodplain marsh and developed plans for an
addi}onal site, which couldn't be implemented due
to nooding.
Pond receiving water
from a blocked ditch
Partnership funding was largely in-kind
contribu}ons a琀琀ributed to the land use for the
project.
Outputs:
£248,000
Total Project Value
Created wetland and enhanced noodplain
capacity
Created SuDS feature downstream of surface
water ouvall
Keswick Marsh topographic surveys and design
completed
Outcomes:
£50,000
£198,000
EA Funding
Partnership Funding
Pond created with a
ledge to support
di昀昀erent species
Improvement to wet habitats
Increased biodiversity adjacent to a popular
walk in the Yare Valley
Slowed the now via SuDS
Improved water quality due to sediment capture
Reten}on of water on local marsh
New pond
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