Cala builds hyperlinks with native companies on main improvement
A LOCAL East Lothian primarily based firm has assisted Cala Houses to show one of many space’s largest developments right into a inexperienced haven, remodeling former farmland with the inclusion of hundreds of native bushes.
Cala Houses (East) has known as on East Lothian agency Root One East Ltd to help a significant biodiversity push at its Letham Mains improvement, through which greater than 20,000 native species bushes and hedges are being planted, together with birch, oak, hawthorn and willow bushes.

Root One East Ltd has additionally accomplished the ultimate of three pedestrian bridges on the positioning, constructed to spice up connectivity and strolling routes over the Letham Burn. The ultimate bridge will join the brand new improvement to the older Burnside improvement to the East of the event.
The corporate was based in 2009 and initially specialised in delicate panorama implementation and upkeep disciplines. Since 2016, the agency has diversified to incorporate fencing & civil engineering works for diverse housing, retail & building purchasers.
It marked a poignant second for Murray Kerr, a neighbour of the positioning and Managing Director of Root One East Ltd. He jumped on the alternative to construct the bridges at Letham Mains, after fond reminiscences of his father constructing an identical footbridge at East Hyperlinks on the John Muir Method within the Seventies.
Murray stated: “Having grown up within the space, I’ve fond reminiscences of the landscapes round Haddington and wished to assist improve the pure habitat within the space.

“Planting over 20,000 native bushes and vegetation will utterly rework the watercourse right into a flourishing wildlife hall for residents and locals to get pleasure from.
“Constructing the footbridges throughout the Letham Burn has been a very particular undertaking for me, and I need to thank Cala and East Lothian Council for permitting Root One to design and construct the bridges, a job I’ll always remember.
“At Root One East Ltd, we delight ourselves on partnering with builders like Cala who share our dedication to sustainability and group and we’re actually pleased with our work throughout the positioning.”

Up to now, Root One East has planted round 20,000 bushes all through the event. The Musselburgh primarily based agency has additionally launched further fruit bushes, fruit bushes and bulbs together with apple, cherry, wild garlic, daffodil and lots of extra.
Combined species hedges have been planted alongside the Pencaitland Street to incorporate hawthorn, maple & holly – the hedges are doubtless to supply nice nesting fowl habitats.
Derek Lawson, Land Director at Cala Houses (East) stated: “Like all our websites, we wished to create a group at Letham Mains and a improvement that integrates seamlessly with the Haddington space. “The work Root One East has accomplished at Letham Mains reveals how housing builders and native

specialists can collaborate meaningfully to create developments which have a profound group profit.”
The Letham Mains masterplan has delivered 810 houses, a main faculty, a civic sq. and linear park along with a multipurpose sports activities pavilion for the college and surrounding group which is at present being constructed.
For extra info on Cala’s initiatives in East Lothian, please go to; https://www.cala.co.uk/homes-for-sale/scotland/east-lothian/