Property:Supplementary funding information
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Funding for the scheme has come from the Environment Agency via the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra,) Yorkshire Forward, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the European Union (EU) through the Interreg programme. The Alkborough Flats project is one of five being funded by the EU through the Interreg programme to promote new approaches to the impacts of sea level rise. Associated British Ports (ABP) have also contributed by allowing some of their land to be used as part of the scheme. +
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Funding has come from Yorkshire Waters National Environment Programme. Which investigates solutions to address reasons for failure under the water framework directive. +
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Funding sources for post-project management and maintenance came from national budget. +
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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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Information about cost of scheme not available +
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Land purchased by RSPB in 2001, project part funded by HLF, SNH and SEPA grants as well as a legacy from Miss EMP Scott Will Trust. Excluding staff costs and land purchase, the whole scheme cost £53,840 to complete. Of this, £22,400 were spent on the design and impact study; £2,100 on strengthening existing landward defences; £1,470 on culvert blocking and breach digging; £1,100 on tree removal from the sea wall; £8,450 on fencing to retain stock on site; £1,350 on topping; £8,500 on surveys and
monitoring; £1,400 on a video, £600 on the launch event; and £110 on the FEPA licence. In terms of staff cost, the RSPB estimated that for the duration of the project (March 2001 – March 2003), total staff time was equivalent to 70-75% of one full time employee (Chisholm et al., 2004). +
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Main Contractor cost for delivery - £205,000
Geomorphological clerk of works - £6,200
Access & Interpretation - £2,000
Staff time for partner organisations is not included in these costings. +
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No financial investment. The operation took four to five days of work for three agents. +
Of the £48,000 (€56,000) project cost- £8,000 (€9,300) was spent on a flood model and £5,000 (€5,800) was spent on design. +
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Part-funded through the EU’s LIFE Environment Programme +
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Phase 1: 3900000 (thousands of euros) +
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Preliminary estimates. +
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Revenue project funding is provided by the Severn and Wye Regional Flood and Coastal Committee. Capital funding is supplied by Gloucestershire County Council, the Environment Agency and Stroud District Council. +
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TOTAL BUDGET 3,120,940.00 €
EU CONTRIBUTION 1,560,470.00 € +
The Environment Agency has contributed £130,000
total cost estimates:
*Item Base Cost Budget Cost
*General Clearance £47,200 £56,640
*Tree Works £16,000 £19,200
*LB Re-profiling £18,900 £22,680
*RB Top of Bank Re-profiling £8,600 £10,320
*RB Low Level Footpaths Re-profiling £9,500 £11,400
*Wildlife Pond £18,100 £21,720
*New River Meander £24,500 £29,400
*New Backwater £12,000 £14,400
*Footpaths (tarmac or similar) – 450m £24,200 £29,040
*Footpaths (gravel or similar) - 1930m £44,800 £53,760
*Kingston Station Footpath - 200m £44,800 £53,760
*Bonesgate Stream Curved Bridge £24,200 £29,040
*Playground Bridge £23,600 £28,320
*Picnic Area £2,900 £3,480
*Lighting £7,000 £8,400
*General Planting £10,000 £12,000
Subtotal £403,560
Design and contract administration 15.0% £26,606
Overheads and profit 12.5% £22,172
Adjustment -7.5% -£13,303
Total (rounded up) £440,000 +
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The Noorderleech realignment cost some €600,000 in total – €2,000 of which were spent on permits, and €20,000 on plan production. It Fryske Gea alone spent at least 5,000 man-hours on implementing the scheme. +
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The building of the fishway cost 1 milj. Swedish crones (ca. 100 000 euros) and the habitat restoration 84 000 Swedish crones (ca. 8400 euros). +
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The capital costs (and part of staff time) was funded by the Environment Agency and the landowners. The two main project partners (Wylye Fly Fishing Club and Wessex Chalk Streams Project - hosted by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust) provided staff time in-kind.
The total value of volunteer labour was conservatively estimated at £9250 (appr. 12500 EUR) +
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The entire project, covering 1 km of channel, was delivered by a team of 3 people in less than 3 days and for under 3 thousand pounds. Accordingly, although early days, it seems that the Nar SSSI project can be viewed as a successful low-cost ‘quick win’ project in a constrained site. +
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The exact cost of the river restoration element of this project is unknown. The project was part of a £6.3M (€7.3M) flood risk management scheme. +