]> 2026-04-18T02:08:56+00:00 Case study:Levington Saltmarsh Restoration, Suffolk 500 en Approved Suffolk Yacht Harbour Levington Marina Ipswich Borough Council Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB Unit Environment Agency Natural England Suffolk Wildlife Trust Levington Marina Partnership contributions Yes No Yes 51.9948113,1.2760514 Jonathan Suffolk Yacht Harbour Dyke ,, Salt marsh and mudflat restoration,,,, Salt marsh and mudflat restoration 23765 Levington Marina, Ipswich Borough Council, Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB Unit, Environment Agency, Natural England, Suffolk Wildlife Trust, 56 Levington.png 1997 2450449.5 Complete Levington Marina (Map 1) on the River Orwell in Suffolk is dredged each winter using a 10-foot cutter suction dredger to maintain water depths around the pontoons and berths. Since 2014, dredged material has been deposited in 2 beneficial placement schemes licensed by Defra and approved by Natural England. Each year 15,000–20,000m3 of silt is dredged and placed on the foreshore. Operations are carried out between mid-November and early April. A Marine Management Organisation (MMO) licence is held by Suffolk Yacht Harbour for beneficial foreshore disposal. Dredged material is recovered as a slurry and conveyed by one of two fixed pipes to a deposition area east and west of the harbour where saltmarsh has been degraded and fragmented. The ends of the fixed pipes are moved each year to vary the location in which dredged material is discharged. Photo 1 shows the Levington Lagoon. Coir rolls and wooden stakes have been introduced into the deposition areas to contribute to: • retaining discharged material in place • impede flow • make it easier to deposit sediment during the dredging operation Significant accretion of between 100mm and 300mm has been noted during the 3 years of monitoring. It is anticipated that this will translate into more robust growth of pioneer saltmarsh vegetation and in due course colonisation by high saltmarsh vegetation. Levington Saltmarsh Restoration, Suffolk levington saltmarsh restoration, suffolk http://www.therrc.co.uk/sites/default/files/projects/56_levington.pdf Flood risk management Habitat and biodiversity Water quality 2018-11-08T15:29:12Z 2458431.1452778 2018-11-08T15:32:52Z 2458431.1478241 Levington Saltmarsh Restoration, Suffolk 500 [2,"smw_unitnotallowed","\u00a3"] Levington Saltmarsh Restoration, Suffolk# ERR7c4821480ce616a602940635f30465e2