WORK to restore a former landfill site with new areas of grazing land and public woodland has been shortlisted for a prestigious civil engineering award.

The Institution of Civil Engineers has announced that Sugden End Landfill Remediation Works has been shortlisted for recognition in its 2021 Yorkshire and Humber Awards in the Smeaton Award category.

Sugden End Landfill on Halifax Road in Cross Roads, between Haworth and Keighley, has been transformed and is now home to an oak upland woodland, moorland area, wildflower meadows, rock pile areas and additional agricultural grazing land.

Diane Bourne, Managing Director, Eric Wright Civil Engineering said: “We are delighted to be shortlisted for this award.

"We are incredibly proud of Sugden End Landfill Remediation Works, a project that was delivered five months ahead of our client’s expectations, despite dreadful weather and Covid-19 restrictions.

"It restores a landfill to publicly accessible beautiful moor and woodland in Bronteland.”

The awards are held annually to showcase the outstanding work done during the past year by civil engineers in the Yorkshire and Humber Region.

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They are divided into three categories; projects with a cost in excess of £5m will compete for the Centenary Award, those under £5m can apply for the Smeaton Award, and those concerned with studies and research can compete for the Sir John Fowler Award.

The scheme, which was delivered by Bradford Council, Wardell Armstrong LLP and Eric Wright Civil Engineering, is up against six others including College Road Roundabout, Church Street Flood Alleviation Scheme, and Lindley Wood Spillway Replacement.

Cottingham and Orchard Park Flood Alleviation Scheme Phase 1, delivered by Pell Frischmann and Jackson Civil Engineering Group Ltd, on behalf of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, was the Smeaton Award winner in 2020.

The award winners will be announced during a virtual ceremony on March 5.