During my visit yesterday evening, diggers were busy excavating what looks to be a large pond at the southern end of the Core Zone, towards Broadmead Road.
Naturally, we went digging through the paperwork ourselves! We’ve scoured the plans available to us and can’t find a pond shown at this exact spot, or anything explaining this particular excavation.
There is a clue, though. The construction documents describe temporary settlement ponds and lagoons used to collect rainwater runoff, allow sediment to settle and help manage flood risk while earthworks are underway.
Our working theory is that this could be one of those temporary water-management features. That would fit with the construction activity, but we haven’t found a drawing confirming its purpose or position.
Has anyone spotted a plan showing this pond, or does anyone know what it’s being built for? Let us know in the comments or inbox to remain anonymous
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