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6,000 more homes in the North West will be better protected from flooding
The funding is made up of £16.6m for Environment Agency projects, £11.5m for local authority schemes and a further £3.6m from the North West Flood and Coastal Committee’s levy on local authorities.
This year’s funding also includes a special growth fund that will be spent on flood defence schemes that deliver regeneration and economic growth in addition to managing flood risk. The North West is set to be the big winner from this one-off funding boost – announced by the Treasury in last year’s autumn statement – after the region secured a quarter of the £120million that was made available nationally, and which will be spent in the region over the next two years.
Northwich Town Centre will receive a £2.2m share of the fund towards a £4.6million flood defence scheme that will reduce the risk of flooding to around 700 homes and businesses and generate up to 1,500 permanent jobs in the town and a potential £60 million of Gross Value Added (GVA) into the economy. The rest of the funding has been secured through partner contributions, including £500,000 from
Chester and Cheshire West Council. Salford also benefits from the funding boost, securing £5.3million towards a £16million scheme that will provide increased protection to nearly 2,000 properties.
Salford City Council will contribute £2million towards the scheme and the rest will come from standard Flood Defence Grant in Aid (FDGiA) funding between now and 2016. Anchorsholme and Rossall in Lancashire are set to receive nearly £22million from the acceleration fund towards major new sea defences that will reduce the risk of flooding to over 13,000 homes and businesses, major highway and tramway infrastructure, a major sewerage pumping station and public utilities.
A total scheme cost of around £100million makes it one of the largest flood defence schemes in the UK. Croston in Lancashire will receive £1.5 million from the fund to construct defences that will reduce the risk of flooding to over 459 local homes and businesses. Crossens near Southport and Marton Mere in Lancashire have secured funding to refurbish existing pumping stations, that help maintain flood protection to homes and businesses in those communities.
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North East Grimsby
Funding for Grimsby Docks flood defence scheme announced
The Environment Secretary, Owen Patterson, has announced that the Environment Agency has committed to provide £14.5 million in government funding to improve flood defences in Grimsby.
The Grimsby Docks Flood Defence Scheme, which is in development, will reduce the risk of flooding from the Humber Estuary to around 14,000 properties.
The Environment Agency is working in partnership with Associated British Ports (ABP) and North East Lincolnshire Council, to develop the scheme, which will see improvements made to around 3,500 metres of sea defence at the docks.
ABP as landowner are committed to working in partnership with us to raise a funding contribution towards the works which will benefit the wider community of Grimsby.
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The majority of the works involve improving the defences with larger concrete wave walls, steel piles and earth embankments.
The need for the scheme was identified as part of the Humber Flood Risk Management Strategy. The strategy was approved by Defra in 2008.
Construction of the scheme is expected to start this summer and would take two years to complete.
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In addition to the defence improvements at Grimsby Docks, the Environment Agency is working with North East Lincolnshire Council to improve defences at the North Promenade in Cleethorpes. These improvements hope to take place in a few years time.
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