The Lower Otter Restoration Project in Devon reconnected the river, estuary and flood plain to deliver a more sustainable landscape with the capacity to adapt to climate change. Over 30 months our skilled team helped to create around 55 hectares of valuable carbon capturing intertidal saltmarsh and mudflats. Wildlife is thriving with rarer bird sightings and newly recorded species flocking to the site.

Division
Natural Resources, Nuclear & Networks
Approach
Design and build
Sector
Natural Resources
South West

Created

136 acres

of valuable carbon capturing wetland

Built a new

30 metre

flood resilient, raised road and bridge

For the first time in 

200 years

the tide has been able to flow back into the historic floodplain 

Adapting landscapes

Kier Group plc (LSE: KIE)

Award winners

The coastal flood defence scheme has scooped the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) ‘Best Practice award large-scale project mitigation, compensation and enhancement' award and ‘Tony Bradshaw Award for Outstanding Best Practice’ recognising exceptional projects that set an overall impressively high standard.

The Lower Otter Restoration Project was awarded Highly Commended in the Environmental Project of the Year at the British Construction Industry Awards.