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News - Angela Huzulak
July 14, 2021
A £10million package of flood defence repairs are almost complete, and a further £3million of funding has been secured to make communities along the lower River Aire more resilient to climate change.
The structures, including flood embankments and washlands, were damaged during heavy storms and flooding in 2019/20. A combination of an autumn and winter of exceptional rainfall and the wettest February on record for Yorkshire were factors for devastating communities across the district in early 2020. At the time, the Environment Agency worked with partners to minimise the impact of the flooding through the operation of its existing and temporary flood defences and the use of 32 pumps. After picking up the pieces of damaged houses, gardens and farmland, the Agency has spent the last 20 months committing funding to repair flood defences and putting new measures in place.
Repair work has already been completed at Little Airmyn, West Holme, West Haddlesey, Pickhill, Poor bank, Birkin Barrier bank, Hensall pumping station, Carlton Bridge, Coates Marsh, Hirst Courtney, Temple Hirst and Lock Lane. A replacement flood defence wall is currently underway at Newlands, with work due to be completed in the autumn.
At Heck Ings, work on erosion damage and seepage repairs is due to be completed in the next few weeks. Work is ongoing at Hensall Ings Barrier bank. This is to repair an area that has been eroded and return the bank to its required standard of protection. The latest repairs have been completed at Poor Bank near Gowdall, where concrete blocks have been installed on the embankment of a reservoir to make it more resilient to erosion. At Carlton Bridge, similar steps have been taken to ensure the riverbank is more resilient to flood water. This week, work began at Chapel Haddlesey, where a crane has been brought in to strengthen the flood bank with sheet piling. The work is expected to take five weeks.
Kimberley MacPherson, West Yorkshire operations manager at the Environment Agency, said: “Despite the challenges of the coronavirus and winter flooding during 2020/21, we have managed to deliver a £10m package of flood repairs to protect communities in the Lower Aire. “The works were aimed at bringing our defences back up to their required standard of protection, so they can operate as designed during floods. Heavy storms damaged flood defences throughout the area in the winter of 2019/20, and this work ensures local communities will remain resilient to future flooding and climate change. “I’m delighted that we’ve been able to secure an extra £3m funding to continue this work for the Lower River Aire.”
A crane arrives at Chapel Haddlesey to strengthen the flood bank with sheet piling. (15-07-45 SU)
