European/Defra grant money spent!

Until the end of February our focus was on spending the balance of the £300,000 European/Defra grant before the expiry date.  With Christmas and New Year in the middle it proved to be quite a challenge – but we made it with the assistance of some very helpful members of the Defra team. These funds reimburse expenditure on environmental aspects of the build (e.g. detailed design, the natural stone clad retaining wall, fish pass ancillary items, deposits on fish screens, penstocks, and civil works).