The Environment Agency, on behalf of the Lower Otter Restoration Project, has been granted a virtual plaque after planting 225 trees to form part of the Queen’s Green Canopy which marked the 2022 Platinum Jubilee.
2 January 2024:After a fascinating journey over the past few years, we are pleased to be able to say that the construction phase of the pioneering Lower Otter Restoration Project is now complete.
As a result, this website will no longer be updated, but it is our intention that it should remain available online as a publicly available source of information until the end of 2024.
To comply with data protection legislation, the project mailing list is being deleted as no fresh updates will be issued by this route.
You can still email the project team and your message will be passed to the most relevant team member for a response.
On behalf of the whole team we would like to thank all those partners and members of the public who have supported us in this challenging and important project which has led to the creation of 55ha of fantastic intertidal habitat, benefiting wildlife and the community.
Residents celebrate opening of the 'Elizabeth Bridge'
24 November 2023: The brand new 70m "Elizabeth Bridge" has been officially opened by Hon. Charles Fane Trefusis and Mark Rice, Environment Agency Area Director, marking a significant milestone for the project.
Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the project are available here.
Environment
Environmental Statement To see the Lower Otter Restoration Project Environmental Statement, click here.
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Public exhibition July 2017
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Board 11 What comes next?
Board 12 Your feedback
Board 9 Option 3
Board 10 Option 4
Board 7 Option 1
Board 8 Option 2
Board 5 What is intertidal habitat?
Board 6 Developing our list of options
Board 3 An opportunity to act now
Board 4 Key objectives
Board 1 The project’s vision
Board 2 Risks of doing nothing
Below are boards shown at a public exhibition which was held on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 in Budleigh Salterton. Feedback from the event helped the project partners to understand which of the shortlisted options people preferred before any further investigations were undertaken and a preferred option developed. Click here to see the analysis of the feedback.
The deadline to provide feedback on the exhibition was Friday, July 20th, 2017
