Case study:Lodge Burn Flood Alleviation Scheme

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Location: 55° 8' 1.57" N, 6° 40' 11.08" W

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
Project web site	http://www.lodgeburn.com
Themes	Flood risk management
Country	Northern Ireland
Main contact forename	Nick
Main contact surname	Elbourne
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation	River Restoration Centre
Contact organisation web site
Partner organisations	Atkins, Rivers Agency, McLauchlin & Harvey
Parent multi-site project
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Catchment

River basin district	Northern Ireland
River basin	Bann

Subcatchment

River name	Lodge Burn
Area category	10 - 100 km²
Area (km2)	16.4116.41 km² <br />1,641 ha <br />
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Ecoregion	Ireland and Northern Ireland
Dominant land cover	Agriculture
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Lodge Burn cascade fish pass and culvert bed restoration (as part of the Lodge Burn FAS)

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Name	Lodge Burn at Coleraine
WFD water body codes	Unknown
WFD (national) typology	Unknown
WFD water body name	Unknown
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Heavily modified water body	Yes
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Protected species present	No
Invasive species present	No
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Project started	2008/09/01
Works started	2011/01/31
Works completed	2012/06/01
Project completed	2012/07/01
Total cost category	more than 10000 k€
Total cost (k€)	15500001,550,000 k€ <br />1,550,000,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	Department for Agriculture and Rural Development - Rivers Agency

Cost for project phases

Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
Investigation and design			Atkins	Julie	Templeton
Stakeholder engagement and communication			Department of Agriculture & Rural Development Rivers Agency	Alex	Bailie
Works and works supervision			McLauchlin & Harvey	Joe	McElduff
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Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure	Flood mitigation
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Biology	Habitat enhancement
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Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Culvert replacement/repair, silt-trapping weir installation, rock ramp pool and fish pass construction, vegetated riverbanks within flood wall (habitat enhancement).
Floodplain / River corridor	Flood wall.
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