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2018-01-25 | |
发布年 | 2018 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
正文(英文) | The £21 million Sheffield flood defence to protect homes and businesses is completed A £21 million flood defence scheme to better protect hundreds of businesses in Sheffield’s Lower Don Valley has opened today (Thursday 25 January). The Lower Don Valley area is second only to the city centre for economic importance to Sheffield. The new flood alleviation scheme will benefit more than 500 businesses and safeguard around five thousand jobs, key roads in and out of the city and homes along a five mile stretch of the River Don. New ‘hard defences’ have been installed along an 8km stretch of the river to raise flood defence levels comprising new gravity walls, installation of flood gates and the fitting of more than 300 flap valves to pipes and openings which discharge to the river. Sir James Bevan, Environment Agency Chief Executive, said:
It is the first scheme of its kind in the UK to have business owners contributing to the costs of the flood protection through the creation of a formal Business Improvement District - a business led partnership created to bring additional services to local businesses. The Environment Agency and Defra contributed £19.3 million towards the total capital cost (£20.7 million), with local businesses contributing £1.4 million. Floods Minister Thérèse Coffey said:
The Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan, and the Leader of Sheffield City Council Councillor Julie Dore were among those at the event, also attended by local business owners, to mark the completion of the work. Councillor Julie Dore said:
The scheme has been shortlisted for an award as the best project over £5 million in the Institute of Civil Engineers Yorkshire and Humber Awards 2018. Sheffield has suffered severe flooding with the most recent in 2007, 2009 and 2012.
Published 25 January 2018
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来源平台 | gov.uk-Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/106057 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
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