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Repairing flood defences in Somerset

Posted by: Pat Hall, Posted on: 6 August 2014 - Categories: Flood
Photo shows an excavator carrying out repair work to North Barrier, near Muchelney on the Somerset Levels and Moors

With dredging on target, work will soon be at full speed to repair the damage caused by winter flooding in Somerset. In this blog we hear from Pat Hall who has been helping to plan the repair works across Somerset. …

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Dredging the Somerset Levels – the site supervisor’s story

Posted by: Steve Hamer, GBV, Posted on: 3 April 2014 - Categories: Flood
22 tonne excavator operating on the bank of the River Parrett

The dredging of the Rivers Parrett and Tone started this week, part of a 20 year plan containing various actions to improve flood resilience on the Somerset Levels and Moors. In the first of our monthly blogs from the Somerset …

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