Veon foresters managed the construction of a significant forest road located south of Ballymote in Co. Sligo in a mixed soft wood and hardwood forest which was planted in 2000. The forest site is split by the Qwenbeg river and a smaller tributary river which fragments the site.
The Owenbeg is a tributary of the much larger Owenmore river which flows through the Special Area of Conservation of Temple House and Cloonacleigha Loughs SAC to join the Ballysadare river at Collooney.
Gaining access to these fragmented forest plots and navigating these crossing points was a serious challenge for the forest owners. Veon Forestry in conjunction with the Veon Ecology team concluded that free span bridges would provide the best option.
The rationale behind the decision to construct free span bridges took the size and sensitivity of the watercourse into account, combined with factoring the additional sensitivity of the site being upstream of the SAC. The less impact made on the river and riverbed the better – so the decision to span the two watercourses was made culminating in a first class forest road for the forest owner.
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