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Anglian Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth flood protection money announced
Over four thousand homes in Great Yarmouth are to be offered protection from the devastating effects of flooding with the approval today of £28.6 million for flood defences.
The money has been allocated from a £120 million acceleration and economic growth fund announced in the 2012 Autumn Statement to speed up the construction of around 50 schemes in England.
As well as protecting 2,000 homes from significant flood risk, the scheme will also reduce the risk of flooding to a further 2,000 homes. More than 660m of flood wall will be replaced in Cobholm and Southtown and other flood defences will be repaired. It is hoped work will start in April this year with completion in December 2015.
More than 3,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Great Yarmouth in the 2007 surge tide which came close to overtopping the flood defences.
Reducing the risk of flooding will enable Great Yarmouth Borough Council to attract investment in the town, which is also a Government Enterprise Zone, to encourage news businesses and growth.
Anglian Ipswich
Over a thousand more homes in Ipswich are to be offered protection from flooding and economic growth for the town is one step closer with the approval of £24.5 million towards a new tidal barrier.
Additional funding for the project was given the green light today as for the first time the Government allocates money to unlock economic growth.
A tidal barrier in Ipswich will improve flood protection to tens of hectares of development land attracting more business to the area and creating 4,000 jobs as well as protecting 1,500 homes and around 400 commercial properties.
The plan is to build a tidal barrier across the New Cut River with work starting in June 2014 and completing by March 2016.
The overall cost of the scheme is £53.6 million with funds coming from the Environment Agency, Ipswich Borough Council, the Haven Gateway Partnership, the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership and local levy funds. The partnership funding approach targets Government support towards the most at- risk and deprived communities and gives local people greater choice about levels of local flood protection.
In the past, communities held out for full Government funding when there was little or no prospect of it being available. The partnership funding model clarifies what level of investment communities can expect from the taxpayer so that they can find cost savings or secure funding from other sources to allow schemes to go ahead.
Flood Risk & Drainage
Anglian Kings Lynn
The Environment Agency has been awarded £2.8 million for the renewal and refurbishment of the existing flood gates at Fisher Fleet Quay in Kings Lynn, part of flood defences protecting 3,574 properties from the devastating effects of flooding.
The money has been allocated from a £120 million acceleration and economic growth fund announced in the 2012 Autumn Statement to speed up the construction of around 50 schemes in England.
Existing flood defences include a combination of flood walls and 68 flood gates which offer protection from flooding to a level of 6.3 meters
Watercourse maintenance • excavation Desilting of ponds, lakes, rivers & lagoons
Every defence can be closed by the Environment Agency within an hour in the event of high tides and risk of potential flooding. The planned refurbishment is required if King’s Lynn is to remain protected over the next 50 years.
It is hoped that construction will start in March 2014 with completion by February 2015.
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