Bluetech has recently been appointment as principal consultant by the Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust with funding secured for work at the Darnford Moors section of the canal.
Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (LHCRT) has been awarded £116,200 to create an ecology park at Darnford Moors. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is providing £41,200 of the grant, with match funding of £75,000 from HS2’s Community and Environment Fund (CEF).
This will enable LHCRT to make habitat improvements to the Darnford Brook wetlands, existing woodland, and hedgerows from Darnford Lane to past the lift bridge. It will also enable the Trust to put the canal channel into water to the east of the liftbridge.
LHCRT’s volunteers have been preparing the site and Bluetech Waterfront Solutions Ltd has been commissioned to engage specialist contractors to put the canal channel in water and become an aquatic habitat in 2023. This part of the Lichfield Canal will link to the new section being constructed as part of the HS2 Cappers Lane diversion.
Bluetech is currently reviewing tenders for the principal contractor role and advising the Client in terms of the detailed design proposals for the new canal and towpath.
