The PymmesBrookERS support of the Council’s proposed changes to the course of Pymmes Brook through Arnos Park and have launched a petition urging the Council to proceed with its plan. But the plan is not without controversy, as reported by the Enfield Dispatch.
Supporting text with the petition says
The project promises to return the river – Pymmes Brook to a natural flow, meandering through the middle of Arnos Park, taking the river out of its concrete walls where the river sits ecologically dead and instead enhancing biodiversity, preventing local flooding and creating new walking routes to enjoy.
Proposed wetland areas will improve the river even more, as the plants filter out pollutants completely naturally. Wetlands also hold on to volumes of water in heavy rain, which helps to reduce flooding both locally and, vitally, downstream in Edmonton where there is a flood risk to people’s homes.