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Blackamoor Lane Remediation Project

Welcome to the website for the Blackamoor Lane Remediation Project, which has been set up to keep residents informed of works and progress at the site on Blackamoor Lane.

The site, previously known as Badnell’s Pit, is part of a former gravel pit, which was worked up until the late 1940’s. The site was then used as an unlicensed tip for industrial waste between the 1950’s and 1970’s. Tipping was uncontrolled and today, the site is affected by contamination.

Following the refusal of a planning application to remove all contaminated material from the site, a Public Inquiry was held in 2006 by an independent Inspector who determined that the site could be cleaned up safely.

Once the site has been remediated, it will be developed to provide 448 new homes in accordance with a planning permission granted by the Secretary of State in January 2009.

This website has been set up to keep local people fully informed about the remediation project and also the approved residential scheme.

The detail provided on this website includes planning, technical and programme information, which we hope residents will find useful in understanding how the project will be undertaken.

Off site works

Residents will see that a start has been made on the construction of the temporary route across Town Moor with set up works having commenced in mid August.

We have co-ordinated our activities with the organisers of the TIMBERTOWN event so as to ensure that the event is not disrupted and have therefore limited our activities to preparatory works where possible.

The main construction works on the road section will commence in earnest after the TIMBERTOWN event has ended

On Site Works

Sheet piling works have now been completed and work has commenced on the installation of the slurry wall which will last for approximately seven weeks.

The slurry wall, in conjunction with the sheet piling will stop groundwater entering the site during the excavation phase.

The equipment that is on site as part of the process includes an excavator, silos, slurry pumps, mixing tanks and a crane.

We will also be constructing the final lagoons over the coming weeks and these will be located on the northern boundary of the Spoore Merry site.

We are now also posting weekly work lists for each month on the notice board at Blackamoor Lane and Simpson Close and also in the information centre, which detail what tasks are being undertaken and what equipment is being used.

Main excavation and infilling works are expected to commence approximately half way through October following completion of the temporary haul route across Town Moor.

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