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The Ouse Washes bank raising works finished in October 2022. Construction started in 2017 and the work has taken six years to complete.  For a summary of the project please see the final edition of the Ouse Washes Works newsletter.

We have received an update regarding the Welney Barrier and road closure:  This year's work is currently going well, and the works required to be carried out under the road closure at Welney are nearly complete. The road is due to open, as programmed, on Thursday 25 August at 5.30pm.  The road will open with two way traffic lights from 25/08/2022 to 16/09/2022. 

The barrier work is programmed…

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The Middle Level Barrier Bank is the bank of the Ouse Washes reservoir extending from Earith to Welmore Lake Sluice. The work the Environment Agency is carrying out is to comply with recommendations made by the Reservoir Inspecting Engineer to complete the works under the Reservoirs Act 1975.

The Environment Agency held a public meeting on Saturday 23rd April 2022 to discuss the bank raising works.