Knuzden flood work’s pleasing spin-off (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Knuzden flood work’s pleasing spin-off
11:20am Friday 17th April 2009 in
A HAVEN for wildlife has been created following work to create an underground flood tank in Knuzden.
The £20,000 transformation of the plot at Cornwall Avenue, which for months has been an ugly crater, was achieved with landscaping, a dry stone wall and bird boxes.
The beauty spot was created after engineers from United Utilities carved out a giant underground flood prevention tank, capable of holding a whopping 300 cubic metres of rainwater.
The makeover, funded by United Utilities and environmental charity Groundwork Pennine Lancashire, is also thanks to local residents, who turned out for a community planting day to add the finishing touches.
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HARD WORK: Local resident Tom Billsborough
Resident Steve Blower with Suzanne Egar, project officer at Groundwork Pennine Lancashire
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