The Environment Agency will start work next week on a £6.3 million scheme to improve flood defences on the River Humber at Albert Dock in Hull.
The work will involve the construction of a 950-metre wall, one metre high, that will reduce the risk of flooding to hundreds of properties affected by last December’s tidal surge.
A further 600 metres of defences will be built within the Port of Hull to protect the city centre, and repairs will also be made to the Dunston Culvert, which is disused and dilapidated.
Construction of the flood defences is expected to be completed by June 2015.
Peter Toms, project manager at the Environment Agency, said:
“Over the past few months of planning for this scheme, we have been working closely with Hull City Council, Associated British Ports and the Local Enterprise Partnership, who have all given us excellent support.”
The improved flood defences at Albert Dock will reduce the risk of flooding to 300 local homes and businesses.
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