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Councils Pleased With Funding Confirmation For Joint Flood Alleviation Scheme

March 27, 2013
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East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council have welcomed news that the Environment Agency has approved the grant funding application for a major flood alleviation scheme that will reduce the risk of flooding for around 8,000 properties. The £14.4 million Willerby and Derringham Flood Alleviation Scheme (WaDFAS) will consist of a series of lagoons at Rawdales Farm, Robson’s Cottage, Albion Mills and Carr Lane, which will hold around 205,000 cubic metres of water and was granted planning permission earlier this year. The next stages of the project will be to finalise the detailed design, procure a contractor and acquire the land necessary for the scheme, preferably by negotiation, although a compulsory purchase order is being prepared and anticipated to be published in spring/summer. Construction works are currently anticipated to start in summer 2014 and be complete in summer 2015. Councillor Stephen Parnaby OBE, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “I think I speak for both residents of the East Riding and Hull, when I say how welcome the news is that the funding for this important scheme has been secured and, with planning permission approved, that its delivery cannot happen soon enough. “The council takes the…

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Flood Resilience To Be Increased With Purchase Of Pumping Equipment

February 6, 2013
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Flood Resilience To Be Increased With Purchase Of Pumping Equipment

East Riding of Yorkshire Council will increase its flood resilience with the purchase of six trailer-mounted pumps and around 25 submersible pumps for use in flooded properties. The new equipment will cost around £120,000 and will see one trailer-mounted pump stationed at each of the council’s six depots to allow a rapid response to flooding events as they arise anywhere in the East Riding. The council works closely with partner agencies, including the Environment Agency and Humberside Fire and Rescue, during periods of inclement weather to provide access to further staff and resources, such as pumping equipment, to work alongside its other operations, including the deployment of sandbags. The purchase of pumping equipment will allow the council to provide an even more proactive response to localised flooding, such as incidents like Burton Fleming where prolonged and heavy downpours resulted in watercourses bursting their banks. Nigel Leighton, director of environment and neighbourhood services at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “The council takes the issue of flooding very seriously and is committed to doing all it can to reduce the risk of flooding in the East Riding and strengthen its response when incidents occur. “As well as investing in more than 100 flood…

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HOLDERNESS : MP Hears Local Objections To Environment Agency’s proposals

July 20, 2012
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On Friday 13th July Graham Stuart MP attended a public meeting, arranged by Welwick Parish Council, to hear the views of residents and business owners who are concerned about plans by the Environment Agency to develop environmental compensation land along the Skeffling coastline. Chaired by Larry Malkin from Welwick Parish Council the meeting was attended by 100 residents from Holderness along with East Riding of Yorkshire Councillors. Graham heard from residents who were worried about the impact that the proposed development would have on the drainage systems across the area and from farmers who were deeply concerned about their livelihood if they were to lose valuable production land to the proposed scheme. Graham Stuart said “Local people have little confidence in the Environment Agency and are understandably concerned at the proposals to redraw the line of the bank. They want to know why this location has been chosen, what will be done to improve protection from floods and how the Agency will minimise the amount of land which has to be lost. “If it does go ahead I need to be sure that there are real benefits for existing residents, genuine reductions in the likelihood of flooding and that more…

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Residents Warned To Be Careful Of Illegal Dumping Of Waste

May 28, 2012
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As part of its crackdown on the illegal dumping of waste, East Riding of Yorkshire Council is reminding residents of their duty of care. Businesses have been subject to a duty of care under Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act since 1990 but it was extended by the government to include householders. Householders must ensure that all waste removed from their property is collected by a licensed registered waste carrier. Failure can result in prosecution and fines of up to £5,000 in a Magistrates Court or unlimited fines in Crown Court if their waste is found fly tipped. The householder is guilty even if an operator was paid in good faith to dispose of the waste properly. Since the Act was extended to include householders the council has carried out a total of 64 prosecutions, issued 18 formal cautions and 91 warning letters. A further four cases are waiting to go before the courts. Earlier this month (May) a Leeds man was sentenced to two years in prison for offences which included the fly-tipping of tyres in the Market Weighton area. John Skidmore, head of the council’s streetscene services, said: “The reason for our warning is that in spite…

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Councils Work Partnership To Deliver Vital Flood Prevention Schemes

January 24, 2012
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Councils Work Partnership To Deliver Vital Flood Prevention Schemes

East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council are working in partnership on two large flood alleviation schemes, which would protect residential and business premises in the Haltemprice and west Hull areas. Engineers are currently working on an urban catchment model before assessing various flood risk options to tackle significant rainfall events, such as those of June 2007, which saw around 10,000 properties in Hull and the East Riding flood. Feasibility works on the Willerby and Derringham Flood Alleviation Scheme (WaDFAS) and the Cottingham Orchard Park Flood Alleviation Scheme (COPFAS) have been underway since last year, after £175,000 of funding was secured. The schemes recently gained further support from the Environment Agency and the promise of further feasibility funding of £365,000, bringing total funding to £540,000. This extra funding will allow engineers working on the scheme to continue modelling work and assess various flood risk options for the schemes, including analysing the environmental impacts, before submitting final funding bids to the Environment Agency for Flood Defence Grant in Aid (FDGiA) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) for European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to develop the schemes. Councillor Stephen Parnaby OBE, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire…

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