Flood Control: Earby

(asked on 9th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase flood prevention in Earby.


Answered by
Thérèse Coffey Portrait
Thérèse Coffey
This question was answered on 16th March 2017

The Government is investing £100,000 on a flood modelling study of Earby Beck to investigate options to reduce flood risk, with its results expected in October 2017.

The Environment Agency is carrying out works to repair and reduce the risk of blockage of the Victoria Clough culvert. Detailed design work is now complete and costs are estimated at £550,000.

The Environment Agency has enhanced flood resilience in Earby by recruiting new flood wardens to support the development of a community flood plan and help coordinate the community response to future flood events. The Environment Agency is also investigating the installation of further rain gauges in the area to provide greater intelligence and accuracy to the flood warning service.

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