New flood defences for the Water End area of York are to benefit from almost £1 million worth of extra improvements.
Environment Agency contractors will now be able to raise the level of Landing Lane, adjoining the River Ouse, removing the need to install temporary barriers across the road requiring manual operation in the event of a flood.
Project manager Helen Tattersdale said:
“We are delighted planning consent has been granted for this significant improvement to the Water End scheme. Work at Landing Lane is just starting and should be finished early next summer.”
Meanwhile, work on the original phase of work at Water End is progressing well, with many elements already finished or nearing completion - including wo-thirds of a new brick-clad flood wall on a 300 metre stretch of Water End.
The £4.2 million programme, with a £1 million contribution from City of York Council, will reduce flood risk to almost 400 homes and businesses.
Cllr Dave Merrett, City of York Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport, Planning and Sustainability, said:
“This is a welcome announcement. This scheme of work will help to greatly reduce the risk of a recurrence of the pre-1982 floods or of the leakages we saw during 2012 in the Water End area of the city.”
The improvements to the York scheme come as the Environment Agency stages a month-long awareness campaign, asking people what they would most hate to lose in the event of a flood.
Over five million people in England and Wales live and work in properties that are at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, and the figure is predicted to increase with a changing climate.
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