EEL PROTECTION SCHEME

Ovingham Eel Screens

This project is to provide environmentally friendly fish exclusion screens at the raw water pumping station at Ovingham. These screens are necessary to protect the European Eel and other fish species that are present in the River Tyne. Work will commence April 2023 and anticipated to be complete March 2025

Update by Julie Oakley

Good afternoon,

As you all know JNB have been working hard to install eel screens at the pumping station on the River Tyne at Ovingham.

As work progresses on our £14m project to support the recovery of the River Tyne’s European Eel population, members of the team have been out helping reshape and enhance recreational space for the area’s human population.

After discussions with Ovingham Parish Council on how the team can support the community during the work, the site agent and a couple of his team gave up their own time on a weekend to visit the local playing field to prepare the ground for improvements.

By flattening and reducing the overall size of a mound that sits in the field by removing large pipes and boulders, the team have made space for the installation of a new slide (see photo below) that has been donated by Ovingham Parish Council, and created a raised area that can be further developed for use.

Well done team

Julie

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