Case study:Fingringhoe Managed Realignment

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Location: 51° 50' 25.96" N, 0° 56' 57.92" E

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Status	Complete
Project web site	http://www.therrc.co.uk/sites/default/files/projects/52_fingringhoe.pdf
Themes	Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Social benefits, Water quality
Country	England
Main contact forename	Merle
Main contact surname	Leeds
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation	Environment Agency
Contact organisation web site	http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency
Partner organisations	Essex Wildlife Trust, Natural England, Place Services, private landowners, local volunteers
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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The Fingringhoe Intertidal Habitat Creation Project has created 22ha of new, internationally important intertidal habitat on the Colne estuary in Essex (Map 1). The project was managed through a central partnership between the Environment Agency and Essex Wildlife Trust, with additional partners coming on board at different times. These included Natural England, neighbouring landowners and around a hundred volunteers. This project was conceived in 2011 and implemented in 2015 when a 300m breach in the seawall was constructed at Fingringhoe. This landscape-scale conservation project not only enhances biodiversity improvements onsite, but also supports internationally and nationally designated sites. Working in partnership has meant it was possible to create some of the most cost-effective intertidal habitat in the country.

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Site Edit site Name Colne Estuary WFD water body codes WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body No National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present No Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) Project started 2015 Works started Works completed Project completed Total cost category Total cost (k€) £436,000"£" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Essex Wildlife Trust, Flood Defence Grant-in-Aid Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Flood and coastal erosion protection Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Salt marsh and mudflat restoration Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Other Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information