Foresters Lodge River Restoration and Wetland Creation

The purpose of this brief is to seek the services of an experienced Environmental Contractor.

The contractor will: 1.Undertake the works provided within the Design Report (available in supporting information) with regards to the creation of a benched 2-stage floodplain and channel, installation of in-channel woody deflectors and contour swale creation.

2.Bench out the floodplain on the right-hand bank of the existing watercourse and excavate a new sinuous second flow channel.

This will be fed by hillslope drainage and higher flows from the beck via bankside scrapes and placement of in-channel woody material targeting spate events typically Q4/5).

The upper bench of the two-stage floodplain channel will activate during a Qmed event (approx.

1 in 2 year return period).

Combined these features will reduce impacts of channel incision, reduce erosive forces during high flows and promote sedi…