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Community tree planting helps flood scheme

Birmingham City Council has teamed up with the Environment Agency, Birmingham Trees for Life and local school children to plant 280 trees at Perry Hall Playing Fields in Perry Barr. The tree planting event is part of the Perry Barr and Witton Flood Risk Management Scheme which involves constructing a low level wall through Witton […]

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Your chance to find out more about vital flood risk work

With more than 30,000 properties thought to be at risk of flooding in Birmingham, a free event is being held to enable residents, businesses, voluntary or community groups, developers and those with a professional interest in flood risk to find out more about the important work being done to tackle this issue. Birmingham FloodFest takes […]

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Witton Lakes transformation set for completion

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Three years after pollution killed hundreds of fish, the remarkable transformation of a Birmingham beauty spot is set for completion. Funded by Birmingham City Council and the Environment Agency, work to improve pathways and water quality at Witton Lakes begins this week. Workmen will: Temporarily drain and de-silt the upper lake to improve water quality […]

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Birmingham fish stocks replenished

Hundreds of fish killed by summer storms last year have been replaced with stock from other parts of the city thanks to a partnership between Birmingham City Council and the Environment Agency. Council officers and Environment Agency staff have moved bream, tench and roach from Hill Hook and Bournville Boating Lake to Brookvale Park Pool […]

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