Combined Solution Using Coir Roll – Gloucester
Combined Solution Using Coir Roll – Gloucester
2 PagesCase Study: Combined Solution Using Coir Roll – Gloucester Client: Gloucester City Council Bank reprofiling for erosion control and flood prevention, Wotton Brook, Gloucester Project outline At an elbow of Wotton Brook a section of bank had been eroded. At high water events, as water backed up, areas of the park would flood. JPR were asked to redesign a 20m section of bank at the bend in the brook to prevent further flooding and erosion. Stone gabions and coir rolls Spiling and coir rolls Services Provided JPR Environmental installed pre-planted coir rolls on a bed of willow faggots at the base of the section affected by erosion to secure the toe of the bank. The higher section of bank was then reshaped and willow spiling installed to protect it during high water events. The outside bend
