A Project with Broad Appeal

摘要

Many people may not associate quarrying with protecting the environment, creating leisure amenities and building wildlife habitat, but that is exactly what has happened at a former sand and gravel quarry barely three miles from Norwich city centre. Award-winning restoration work at Whitlingham proves that mineral extraction can provide a positive, lasting legacy, both in the local construction projects it has supported and in the ultimate end use of the quarried land. Lafarge Aggregates' operations at Whitlingham started 20 years ago with progressive restoration taking place as each phase of mineral excavation was completed. Last year the final piece of restoration to transform the quarry into a country park and nature reserve was achieved with the creation and completion of Thorpe Marsh, an area dedicated entirely to conservation.