Case study:River Shuttle Enhancement Works - Malborough Park

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Location: 51° 26' 26.36" N, 0° 6' 13.05" E

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity
Country	England
Main contact forename	Bob
Main contact surname	Smith
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Contact organisation	London Borough of Bexley
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Partner organisations	Royal HaskoningDHV
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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To move the channel away from residential property and create a low flow channel with diverse marginal habitat and small offline wetland habitat. The River Shuttle through Marlborough Park had extensive bank erosion that was beginning to encroach on the back of residents gardens.
First Phase Complete 2010, Next Phase underway later 2011

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district Thames River basin Darent Subcatchment River name Shuttle Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m Maximum altitude (m) 106106 m <br />0.106 km <br />10,600 cm <br /> Dominant geology Siliceous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Suburban Waterbody ID GB106040024210 Other case studies in this subcatchment: Hollyoak Wood and Willersley Park, Parish Wood Park, River Shuttle Enhancement Works - Love Lane Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes GB106040024210 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Shuttle 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) 115 m0.115 km <br />11,500 cm <br /> Project started 2010/01/01 Works started Works completed 2011/01/01 Project completed Total cost category Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources London Borough of Bexley 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 Urbanisation Hydromorphology Quantity & dynamics of flow Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Creation of wetland Planform / Channel pattern Other 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