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BBC News
15 hours ago
- General
- BBC News
Safe route past man-made Essex weir created for eels
A project to allow eels and other fish to safely bypass a man-made weir has been concrete weir, created by Essex and Suffolk Water in the River Blackwater, near Maldon, Essex, was preventing fish from completing their natural migration route is particularly important for eels, which travel from the Sargasso Sea in the North mature from glass eels to elvers to yellow eels in the River Blackwater and other places in the UK before heading back to the North Atlantic to lay eggs. Project manager Kerri Russell, of Essex & Suffolk Water, said: "We take a great deal of care to make sure the work we do isn't to the detriment of the local environment."It's a bespoke design, with peg tiles for the eels to weave through and baffle tiles for the fish, to slow the flow of water and allow them to rest if they need to."We've had a lot of interest from local groups, so recently our teams carried out visits to the site, which is on private land, to explain the work that has taken place and why it is important."The Environment Agency has set up a camera to monitor the fish that pass through the new structure. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
20-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Council opposes 'bonkers' Great Yarmouth water meter pole plan
Plans to install hundreds of telegraph poles to monitor water meters are unacceptable, councillors have and Suffolk Water (ESW) said it needed to put up the poles in parts of Norfolk because the current network coverage was not good enough for new smart meters to connect to.A total of 157 of the poles would go in Great Yarmouth, but county councillors voted to oppose the plan, with Conservative Jane James calling it "bonkers".She said the council had offered the use of its own data network for the project, but that was turned down by the company. The firm has been rolling out new smart meters which are capable of providing automatic readings and detecting said its poles would be under 15m (49ft) in height and every step had been "taken to minimise the number and visual impact". Putting forward a motion against the plan, James – the councillor responsible for innovation - said she had asked the firm to consider using the authority's own data network which was already in company had reached a similar agreement in Southend-on-Sea, but rejected the offer in Norfolk, she said."My plea is to these organisations, stop what you're doing and take a common sense approach to this matter," she told a meeting of the full council."If you can do it elsewhere, why not here in Norfolk?"Labour councillor Colleen Walker said one of the poles was installed near her home in Belton last week and was "the most obnoxious looking thing you could ever wish for"."I cannot believe what they have done in that village," she added. With the motion backed unanimously by all parties, the Conservative council leader Kay Mason Billig said she would ask ESW to stop its work and look at alternative motion by James referred to the installation of poles in Great Yarmouth, but the councillors agreed to oppose them anywhere in though, the council has no legal say over the matter, so the company can choose to ignore a joint statement, Essex and Suffolk Water and the company's contractor Connexin said that Norfolk's existing network only offered "limited coverage"."Fewer than 350 new poles over the next few years are being installed across our Norfolk border, with every step taken to minimise the number and visual impact," the statement also said the companies were "committed to working in partnership with the community". Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Delays as south Essex High Street is CLOSED amid emergency water works
DRIVERS are facing delays this morning as a High Street has been shut off for emergency works. Essex and Suffolk Water is carrying out emergency water works in Wickford High Street, between Market Road and London Road. ONGOING - Wickford – High Street CLOSED in both ways due to emergency works being carried out by Essex & Suffolk Water – (28-30 High Street) — Essex Travel News (@Essex_Travel) May 19, 2025 As a result of the work at 28-30 High Street, the road is closed both ways. This has been in place since 12.20am today. AA traffic maps shows delays around London Road and Golden Jubilee Way due to the closure. The closure is scheduled to be in place until May 29 according to however the works could finish earlier.
