CLEARING THE WAY FOR NEW HOMES WITH THE EBSFORD ENVIROSCREEN £202,000 4 Weeks Darlington Screening A large-scale residential development was planned for Alexander Street, approximately 1km east of Darlington town centre; this project was of importance as it would deliver a large volume of social housing to an area in signi?cant need of renovation, having been previously classi?ed as being in decline. However, a key barrier to this presented itself in the form of approximately 6000m3 of Japanese knotweed on the site. An infestation of this size poses great ?nancial impediment, and can often deter developers; this along with the environmental impacts is a signi?cant technical issue which Ebsford successfully overcame. Off-site disposal of the Japanese knotweed infestation was also discounted

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