Case study:Lower River Roding Regeneration Project

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Location: 51° 31' 41.59" N, 0° 4' 48.90" E

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity, Social benefits
Country	England
Main contact forename	Toni
Main contact surname	Scarr
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Contact organisation	Environment Agency
Contact organisation web site	http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	Barking Creek near A13, Barking Creekmouth, Cuckolds Haven Nature Area, Mill Pool

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This project was the first in Thames Region to be delivered by the Environment Agency using funding from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s (ODPM, now DCLG) Sustainable Communities Fund.

In May 2004 we submitted a bid to the ODPM for £1million to undertake a series of environmental enhancements along the River Roding in its lower reaches where it passes through the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham and Newham. The funding bid was approved in October 2004 and the project had to be delivered by the end of the funding period in March 2006. A number of environmental and amenity enhancements were delivered by this project. These included improved habitat for wildlife (including provision of Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) habitats), improved access to waterside areas, new seating/viewing areas, retreated and renewed flood defences and increased flood storage capacity.

This is an area of London where development has historically lead to the degradation of habitats along the River Roding and its tidal confluence with the Thames. It is therefore important that BAP habitat such as saltmarsh and mudflat is restored to the Creek.

BACKGROUND The River Roding is a tributary of the River Thames. It rises to the north east of London and flows south through East London, through and along the boundary of a number of London Boroughs, before joining the River Thames in Barking. The lower reaches of the River Roding are tidal and the land adjacent to the River Roding throughout the project area is protected from tidal and fluvial flooding by flood defences. In addition to these defences the Barking Barrier protects the area from extreme high tides. This barrier is part of the Thames tidal defences. The Barking Barrier is situated at the confluence of the River Thames and the River Roding.

The Lower Roding Regeneration Project covers 4.5km of the River Roding where it flows through the London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham and London Borough of Newham, between grid references TQ 436848 and TQ 458816.

The lower reaches of the River Roding are extremely urbanised and many of the riverside areas are of low environmental quality with poor aesthetic appeal and are difficult to access. Infrastructure barriers currently make it a difficult landscape to easily navigate and enjoy. These barriers include a railway line crossing and the A13 trunk road, creating east-west barriers, and the A406 North Circular Road running parallel to but set back from the west bank of the river.

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Name	Barking Creek
WFD water body codes	GB530603911402
WFD (national) typology	Intertidal
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Pre-project morphology	Estuary (tidal)
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Heavily modified water body	Yes
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Protected species present	Yes
Invasive species present	Yes
Species of interest	European eel (Anguilla anguilla), Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), flounder, phragmites
Dominant hydrology	Tidal
Dominant substrate	Estuarine mud
River corridor land use	Urban
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Reach length directly affected (m)	45004,500 m <br />4.5 km <br />450,000 cm <br />
Project started	2004/05/01
Works started	2005/10/01
Works completed	2006/03/31
Project completed	2006/03/31
Total cost category	1000 - 5000 k€
Total cost (k€)	1,0001,000 k€ <br />1,000,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	Environment Agency, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s (now DCLG) Sustainable Communities Fund

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In May 2004 we submitted a bid to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s for £1million to undertake a series of environmental enhancements along the River Roding in its lower reaches where it passes through the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham and Newham. The funding bid was approved in October 2004 and the project had to be delivered by the end of the funding period in March 2006.

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Case_study:Barking Creekmouth

• Tidal backwater creating two areas of BAP habitat: 0.1ha tidal mudflat habitat and 0.9ha of saltmarsh habitat.
• New site entrance
• Two seating/viewing areas with site information boards
• Retreated flood defence providing approx. 15,000m3 additional storage
• 310m new footpath

Case_study:Baking Creek near A13

• Retreat and renewal of a 50m section of flood defence providing approximately 2000m3
• Creation of approx. 390m2 of BAP habitat (including mudflat and saltmarsh) at the site

Case_study:Cuckolds Haven Nature Area

• Create riverside seating area and info boards
• New site entrance
• 130m new footpath

Case_study:Mill Pool

• 3-level intertidal terracing of 30m riverbank
• Redesigned seating area