● A macro-channel with a capacity designed to accommodate the estimated 1:50 year flood volume, with allowance for colonization of the low-flow channel section by dense reed beds
● A low-gradient trapezoidal channel, in which the low-flow channel was lined with loose river boulders
● Installation of gabion weir energy dissipaters at intervals along the channel
● Landscaping and planting (mainly grassing) of the flood channel, so as to create an attractive and safe amenity, useful for playing and walking
● Planting the low-flow channel edges with hardy, indigenous plant species
● Safeguarding against erosion, particularly in the early stages of the project before the establishment of vegetation, by laying a high density polyethylene mesh along the inner edge of the high-flow channel, effectively protecting the intersection between the low- and high-flow channels (CCA Environmental, 1999b).