A project intending to help rare eel species thrive in a Northumberland stretch of the River Tyne has begun.
Screens are being installed in the River Tyne between Wylam and Ovingham with the aim of protecting European eel species. The work, which involves an £11 million investment, is part of a recovery plan which could result in returning eel stocks to sustainable levels, with screens enabling safer journeys up stream for eels and ther migratory fish.
The eel screens work follows a £5m in the area targeted at helping resilience of supplies. The project is being carried out by Northumbrian Water and partners Mott MacDonald Bentley, and ther ewill be a very large crane on the site with deliveries over a two-week period beginning on June 5 2023.
