River Teme Riverbank Stabilisation Project PROJECT NAME :River Teme Riverbank Stabilisation CLIENT : National Grid LOCATION : River Teme PROJECT CATEGORY : High Energy Rivers The River Teme is a sensitive SSSI and SAC river and over 150 metres of severe bank erosion was threatening a National Grid pipeline. Salix were the lead design and build contractor with a hybrid bank protection solution. The toe of the eroded bank was stabilised with a graded rip rap below average water level and then extensive soft/bioengineering works above. The project represents one of the largest riverbank repair works ever undertaken by National Grid. Salix undertook the works on a Design & Build basis. Innovative working methods included a submerged blockstone causew

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