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2021-01-29 | |
发布年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
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New natural flood management scheme helps protect homesThe next phase of the Environment Agency's Lustrum Beck flood scheme is complete - and helped protect homes in Stockton-On-Tees during Storm Christoph ![]() One of the storage basins full with flood water during Storm Christoph. New natural flood management features have helped protect a Teesside town from flooding just weeks after they were completed. Three storage basins designed to hold back flood water upstream at Coatham Wood and reduce river levels in Stockton-on-Tees successfully filled up during heavy rain as Storm Christoph swept across the region. The temporary storage areas then slowly drained the water back into Coatham Beck, a tributary of Stockton’s Lustrum Beck, as the rain eased. The upstream natural flood management features, completed last month, represent the latest phase of the innovative project to reduce the risk of flooding to 150 homes in Stockton. They work hand in hand with multi-million pound town centre flood defences which were constructed together with Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council in 2017 as part of the government’s continued investment in flood defences. The government last year announced a record investment of £5.2bn to better protect 336,000 properties, through the creation of around 2,000 new flood and coastal defences, in England by 2027. ![]() Flood water flows from the beck into one of the storage basins during Storm Christoph. New natural flood management features at Coatham Wood include:
Leila Huntington, Flood Risk Manager for the Environment Agency in the North East, said:
![]() One of the storage basins during dry weather. During this phase of the £4million Lustrum Beck project the Environment Agency joined forces with Newcastle University, Arup and Tees Rivers Trust to design the natural flood management features, which have been created on land owned by the Forestry Commission and managed by Forestry England. The successful delivery of the project has also been supported by funding from Highways England and the EU. All of the work has been being carried out within current Coronavirus government guidelines. The trees planted as part of the natural flood management scheme will form part of a Forestry Commission woodland management plan to provide a diverse, sustainable habitat. The Environment Agency will return to the site when the weather improves to carry out ground restoration work and re-seeding in time for Spring. It’s also investigating opportunities for further upstream storage as part of the project. People can sign up to receive free flood warnings and check if their local area is in danger of flood risk on the gov.uk website. and download a personal flood plan.
Published 29 January 2021
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来源平台 | UK Environment Agency |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/313266 |
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