Work continues at pace on an £8.5m ‘fish pass’ that will allow salmon to swim freely up the River Trent at Colwick.
Once complete, the structure at Holme Sluices will be the largest of its kind in the country and will serve as an ‘elevator’ to allow fish to hop up and downstream.
The Environment Agency said there were presently a number of barriers to fish migration within the River Trent catchment.
These include the Holme Sluices, a major flood management structure that was built in the 1950s.
The agency says the direct environmental benefits of the fish pass will be £18.6m.
Trent Gateway, who are also involved in the project, posted an update via Twitter on how work on the scheme was progressing.
They said: “All the sheet piling works are complete. We are on with the excavation for the fish pass and also the concrete capping beam works continue.
The project is due to be completed in 2023.
