Cash boost for county's flood defences
13:14 - 18-August-2008
The money will go on a wide range of projects including drainage and culvert work, de-silting, raising banks and flood re-enforcement.
The cash is made up of contributions from the county council, five district councils and the Environment Agency who all submitted projects to Gloucestershire County Council's Future Resilience Programme Board.
Coun Julie Girling, Gloucestershire County Council's Cabinet member for the Environment said, "As we approach the autumn, I hope this announcement will reassure people in Gloucestershire that we and are partners are doing all we can and as quickly as we can to protect them from the threat of future flooding."
The money will be divided up as follows:
*Gloucestershire County Council £700,000
*Environment Agency £416,000
*Cheltenham District Council £210,000
*Gloucester City Council £324,000
*Cotswold District Council £67,000
*Forest of Dean District Council £104,500
*Tewkesbury Borough Council £105,000
All are for first-phase projects with further work planned. Stroud District Council has submitted a bid, which will be considered next month.
The individual projects to be supported by the scheme are;
*Cheltenham;
Prestbury Flood Risk Management Scheme - £350,000
New Barn Close - Culvert replacement - £150,000
Hyde Lane - Culvert entry improvements - £10,000
Charlton Court Road/St Edwards School - £20,000
Apple Orchard - Raise bank adjacent to Mill Stream - £10,000
River Chelt - De-silting - £299,000
*Cotswold
Moreton-in-Marsh - CCTV survey of culverts, clearance of road drains, replacement of trash screens, modelling - £70,000
Bourton-on-the-water - Removal of sluice gate, building banks on ditch, open bricked wall by Birdland, raise verge bank on Rissington Road, ditch maintenance - £103,000
*Forest of Dean
Newland Street car park, Coleford - Drainage chamber, regarding, new piped run - £60,000
Longhope village - Survey - £14,000
Lakeside Avenue, Lydney - New piped run section, non return valve, chamber - £45,000
Watery Lane, Newent Town Centre - Survey, modelling, CCTV - £30,000
Ledbury Road Crescent, Corse - Clearance of Glyn Brook - £15,000
Moat Lane, Corse/Staunton - New ditch, new culvert - £50,000
Steam Mills, Cinderford - Phase 2 improvements to Cinderford Brook - £10,000
*Gloucester
Sudbrook Modelling - Completion of all modelling in Gloucester City to facilitate further bids from DEFRA for major capital funding - £37,000
Bristol Road, Quedgeley - Culvert desilting and bank improvements - £40,000
Dimore Brook Tributary, Oatfield - De-silting and bank improvements - £22,000
Brookfield Road - Works to prevent flooding from run-off from King George V playing field - £10,000
Quay wall - Demountable flood boards - £10,000
Randwick Park - Works to prevent flooding from surface water run-off - £5,000
Sudbrook and various locations in Abbeydale - Bank repair work - £60,000
Horsbere Brook - Bank works at little Elmbridge and Greyhound Gardens - £50,000
Saddlers Road, Quedgeley - French drain - £8,000
Sudbrook - De-silting of Saintbridge balancing pond to increase capacity - £260,000
*Tewkesbury
Carrant/Swilgate/Avon - Flood Risk Assessment - £50,000
River Isbourne and Beesmoor Brook, Winchcombe - Hydraulic study, clearing and reconstruction of culvert at Castle Street - £90,000
Oxenton village - Flood bypass culvert - £30,000
Ripple - Culvert works - £20,000
Stanton Village - Provide flood route through village - £40,000
Teddington - Work on various culverts under old A46 - £55,000
