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2020-06-09 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Final phase of North East flood scheme startsWork has started on the final phase of an innovative project to reduce the risk of flooding in a Teesside town. Natural flood management features – including three large storage ponds and new water dependent habitats – are being created on land at Coatham Wood upstream of Stockton. Coatham Wood is next to Coatham Beck, which is a tributary of Lustrum Beck, which flows through Stockton town centre. The features will store flood water during heavy rain that will then drain slowly back into Coatham Beck. The temporary storage will reduce water levels downstream. New flood defencesThe storage and slower release of water will work hand in hand with £3million in town flood defences which were previously completed in the summer of 2017. This involved working with Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council to build new flood defences and improve existing ones in the town, and replace Londonderry Bridge. Also completed as part of the project was a new area of habitat and upstream storage at Sixfields, next to Hartburn Beck, and additional areas of habitat creation at Coatham Wood and Burn Wood. These areas of new habitat have created a haven for wildlife to thrive as well as contributing to the storage of water through ‘slowing the flow’. Lustrum Beck Flood Alleviation Scheme reduces the risk of flooding to 150 properties in Stockton. Final phaseFor this final phase, the Environment Agency has joined forces with Newcastle University, Arup and Tees Rivers Trust to design the natural flood management features, which are being created on land owned by the Forestry Commission and managed by Forestry England. It’s expected the work, which his being carried out by contractor Ebsford, will be completed later in the summer. All work is being carried out within current Coronavirus government guidelines. Dorian Latham, Lustrum Beck Project Manager at the Environment Agency, said:
Partnership workingThe trees planted as part of the natural flood management scheme will be part of a Forestry Commission woodland management plan to make sure it develops to provide a diverse, sustainable habitat. Alan Eves, Forest Management Director for Yorkshire Forest District, Forestry England, added:
Addressing flood risk from the wider river catchment and increasing resilience to flooding through working with multiple agencies and the community has been the focus of a European Union funded project called FRAMES which has run alongside the Stockton scheme. Through this, The Tees Rivers Trust has been working with the Environment Agency and farmers to find opportunities for NFM measures. It’s important residents understand their flood risk and know what to do during a flood. For more information and to sign up to receive free flood warnings visit the prepare for flooding web pages
Published 9 June 2020
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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/273642 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
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