Overview of the project

Drain Away Drains was instructed by Gelders to investigate and repair a corroded culvert in Blankney Fen.
The 5 meter long, 1400mm wide, culvert pipe over time had collapsed due to corrosion and was causing landslides, which was having an affect on the access bridge and road above the culvert.  This obviously was raising major safety concerns for the local residents.

Overview of work completed

The Drain Away Drains team faced several challenges:

• On arrival the culvert was overgrown and difficult to assess, work began on clearing the site to allow an informed decision to be made.
• It was during the installation of the new culvert pipe, that the decision was taken to completely remove the entire culvert and access bridge.
• This option was taken due to the state of the existing culvert, the degraded state of the concrete bags supporting the access bridge & the access roads current condition.