L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage, working with Skanska Costain STRABAG for HS2 have lent materials to ensure the restoration project can go ahead

Contractors working for HS2 have been working with the Iver Environment Centre, in the Colne Valley Regional Park, to complete a restoration project to improve the facility for the local community.

Lynch have lent the centre a one tonne dumper truck so that they can complete their new landscaping project.

The Iver Environment Centre is currently restoring their large wildlife pond and as part of the work a section of the pond is to be filled in, creating a wildflower meadow island. The centre needed to move 100 tonnes of sub-soil from their car park next to the main site, but the access was too narrow for a tipper, so Lynch offered to help. The soil will then be laid ready for seeding in the autumn.


James Barden, HS2 Project Manager South, from Lynch said: "Lynch have been working closely with SCS JV on the HS2 project near the Environment Centre, so we are pleased to be able to give something back to the local area and help where we can. Community engagement projects like these are so important to us as we are passionate about giving back and seeing real benefits to local people. We understand that leaving a positive legacy is all of our responsibility, and this is just one of the ways we can help."

Katy from the Iver Environment Centre said: "This will create more open spaces in the centre for visitors who come to enjoy the outdoors and reconnect with nature, as well as creating ecosystems for the local wildlife. Having the dumper truck lent to us enabled us to allocate much needed funding elsewhere in our project."

The Iver Environment Centre is a 30-year partnership between National Grid and the Groundwork South Trust – an environmentally-led community development charity working across the South of England. The centre is an important part of the local community and hosts many visits throughout the year.