John F Hunt has diverted a 200m stretch of the River Culm in Devon in order to allow a legacy culvert structure to be removed and remediation to be completed on the former DS Smith Paper Mill site.
Silverton river redirection 02 In addition to working with the Environment Agency and Local Authority to address flood and contamination risks, John F Hunt has worked with Natural England and the National Trust in order to ensure that the works take into consideration a bat population.
The site will be restored from a paper manufacturing facility and handed back to the National Trust as part of our programme of works.