The lodge was heavily overgrown and required extensive desilting and bank renovation
Hello from everyone at the Environment Agency and welcome to our latest round-up exclusively for Rochdale Online. With summer just over the horizon, our teams have been busy getting prepared for the start of a new season.
Read on to find out how we have been dealing with flood risk, fish and all the day-to-day activities that protect our environment whatever the weather.
Out and about with the EA Field Teams
All has been relatively calm following Storm Christoph and our field teams have caught up on clearing away the debris left behind. We have 134 debris screens in the area of Rochdale and wider Greater Manchester, which all get checked on a regular basis, but over the last couple of months, the team has also responded to around 50 reports from members of the public who have spotted issues in their local watercourse. These have consisted of all types of blockages from trees to illegal fly tipping.