The Environment Agency is starting a project to repair a 60m flood wall in Sprotbrough, Doncaster, which was damaged during storms in 2019.
The Environment Agency is now rebuilding the defence and driving more robust materials deep into the ground along this length of the River Don.
The height of the wall will remain unchanged in an effort to protect homes and businesses from the impacts of flooding
Planned utilities diversion have now been completed and construction to the floodwall is expected to start today. Work will last approximately eight weeks.
As construction machinery will use the canal-side area, the Trans Pennine Trail will be diverted onto the nearby access road.
Flood wall repairs
To ensure pedestrians and cyclists are safe, there will also be a lane closure and temporary traffic lights on Nursery Lane.
Gavin Usher, area operations manager for the Environment Agency, said:
“We are very pleased to have completed diversion works ahead of schedule and look forward to starting work on-site to help the residents and businesses of Sprotbrough.
“We are using a new steel piled defence which will be stronger and more robust than the previous concrete wall. This will be finished with brickwork to blend into the local landscape.
“It has been a real challenge to get this project to site and we thank the community for their continued patience and understanding regarding the disruption that comes with delivering these critical works.”
