Stafford Brooks
A partnership project connecting the town's waterways and wetlands
Stafford Brooks is a partnership project with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, National Highways, Stafford Borough Council, and The Environment Agency. Working together, this partnership will create havens for wildlife to flourish. It will improve connectivity between habitats creating a nature recovery network and help to alleviate flooding. It will also provide residents better access to their local rivers and green spaces across multiple sites.
Project updates
This project is not time limited and will continue until all of the site improvements have been completed. As the project progresses weāll update the section below with the latest project news.
Monday 4th July 2022
Ā£4.1m scheme to enhance riverways and wildlife habitats announced
Thursday 28 January 2021
Launch of exiting Ā£2.5m rivers scheme in Stafford
National Highways is kindly funding this project with money from their Designated Funds programme which was allocated Ā£936m for Roads Period 2 (2020-2025), is divided into four funding streams aimed at making the biggest difference and delivering lasting benefits: environment and wellbeing, users and communities, safety and congestion and innovation and modernisation.
Stafford Borough Council own many of the sites where works will be taking place and have a vested interest in improving the environment for wildlife and local communities. https://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/
The Environment Agency works to create better places for people and wildlife, and support sustainable development. They have been working with us to help us identify the most suitable sites for improvement across Stafford. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency