Ongoing maintenance work by the Environment Agency to strengthen the banks of the River Bain continues will help reduce flood risk - sections of the embankment which had eroded have been repaired to maintain the strength and integrity of the bank for the future.
The work is part of the Environment Agency’s £1.8m asset repair programme which, over the next year, will repair approximately a hundred flood defence assets across both counties. The Agency carries out work along the 1,200 kilometers of river it is responsible for in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.
Kate Halka, Operations Manager with the Environment Agency, said:
“River banks and channels can naturally deteriorate over time, sometimes due to erosion, current, or damage. But we have a regular programme of inspection that allows us to regularly check our assets and schedule in the necessary maintenance. We prioritise all our maintenance work to make sure we’re providing benefit where it’s needed most.”
Nationally, the Environment Agency said it is is making record levels of investment, spending £2.3b over the next six years to reduce flood risk to 300,000 more properties. Every £1 spent on protecting communities from flooding saves £8 spent repairing damage.
Click here for more information on the Environment Agency’s major three-day conference and exhibition Flood and Coast 2016 which takes place from 23rd to 25th February 2016 in Telford.