... we ’ ve already got wading birds arriving in the newly constructed areas surrounding us

“ Since 2019 , we have been lucky enough to benefit from our two most successful years ever in 2021 and 2022 ,” James begins . “ Under the Thames Tideway scheme , we have moved over two million tonnes of recycled material down to Rainham Marshes by barge where we are building London ’ s largest wildlife habitat . Besides dredging a number of berths and accommodation facilities for Tideway , we also removed the tunnel spoils from its tunnel drives and shafts during the construction process . All of which we have reused at our Rainham facility , which comprised two 14-month-long campaigns that required us to discharge barges 24 hours a day , seven days a week .

“ The habitat creation scheme at Rainham relies solely on the reuse of beneficial recycled materials . We are hopeful of a new environmental permit later this year that will allow us to rework some of the historically placed materials at the site , given its history as a dredgings deposition site . If so , we will be able to recover substantial quantities of sustainable aggregates which we

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