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Map Showing Where River Parrett Could Be Dredged Between Stathe And Burrowbridge By Parrett IDB For Somerset Rivers Authority

Final public consultation begins on River Parrett dredging proposals

3rd July 2019
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A public consultation is being run until Saturday 3 August on proposals to dredge the River Parrett between Stathe and Burrowbridge. Dredging would increase the river's capacity to carry flood water, and so help the SRA to protect people and properties. Some environmental improvements are also planned.

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Part Of The River Parrett And Both Of Its Banks Between Stathe And Burrowbridge.

Public consultation underway on River Parrett dredging proposal

1st May 2019
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A public consultation about proposals to dredge the River Parrett between Stathe and Burrowbridge continues until Saturday, 1 June. This dredge is important because it would supplement other dredges of the Parrett and Tone since 2014 and tie in with other projects, such as enhancing the River Sowy and King’s Sedgemoor Drain.

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Van Oord Water Injection Dredging Vessel Borr Advances Along River Parrett, For Work Funded By Somerset Rivers Authority.

Dredging the Parrett: new era advances

15th November 2016
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New techniques for dredging the River Parrett are tried out, as Somerset Rivers Authority seeks cheaper and better ways of maintaining tidal rivers.

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Excavator On Floating Pontoon At Start Of 2016 SRA-funded Pioneer Dredge Of River Parrett Near Moorland

New dredging to begin on River Parrett: a pre-start briefing

7th April 2016
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A detailed briefing about new dredging of 750 metres of the River Parrett for Somerset Rivers Authority in 2016.

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Somerset Rivers Authority Chair Cllr John Osman On A Fact-finding Visit To Northmoor.

Somerset Rivers Authority approves new dredging on River Parrett

27th October 2015
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A fresh round of dredging on the River Parrett will begin next year (2016), after Somerset Rivers Authority agreed to target a stretch between Northmoor and the M5.

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