Case study:Source to Sea Programme – 6. Roeburn Ford easement

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Location: 54° 3' 39.62" N, 2° 36' 41.64" W

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
Project web site
Themes	Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Water quality
Country	England
Main contact forename	Sarah
Main contact surname	Littlefield
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation	Lune Rivers Trust
Contact organisation web site	http://www.riverconservation.org.uk/
Partner organisations	Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Cumbria Woodlands, RSPB, Lune Rivers Trust, South Cumbria Rivers Trust, Arnside & Silverdale AONB Partnership, Morecambe Bay Partnership
Parent multi-site project	Case_study:Source to Sea Programme
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

River Roeburn - Replacement road crossing - fish easement

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The geomorphological assessment of this section of the River Roeburn is poor. Migratory fish are only ever able to get above this ford if floods coincide with the time they wish to run (which is rare).

The Source to Sea funded project was put together to replace one of the pipes with an over deep box culvert which will allow migratory fish to pass through and gravels substrate to move downstream improving habitat there. This project will meet the WFD requirement to remove/ease manmade barriers, and ensure this section of the river is in good ecological condition.

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Despite all approvals and permissions being in place it was only when the contractors came to the site it was discovered that the only viable access to the site was over bridges with a limited weight capacity. this meant changing designs from six 3-metre square culverts to twelve half-size ones. All approvals and permissions then had to be re-sought against tight time limits, and with the weather deteriorating - the River Roeburn can rise extremely quickly.

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Old river crossing - with fish passes that do not work!

Digging out old culverts

Culverts arrive

Culverts being lifted into place

Lowering the culverts into position

Reprofiling the Roeburn upstream

Roeburn finished upstream

Installed

New over-deepened box culverts in place

Old and new culverts

New culverts in situ

Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district North West River basin Lune Subcatchment River name River Roeburn Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 500 - 1000 m Maximum altitude (m) 533533 m <br />0.533 km <br />53,300 cm <br /> Dominant geology Siliceous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Bog Waterbody ID GB112072066020 Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes GB112072066020 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name River Roeburn 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 2012/06/28 Works started 2013/09/16 Works completed 2013/10/11 Project completed 2015/03/31 Total cost category Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources 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 Barriers to fish migration Hydromorphology Biology Fish Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Ford easement 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 RRC Monitoring form - Roeburn ford Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information