New Roch Valley project awarded funding to protect against flooding
Date published: 03 April 2021
The project is looking to install property flood resilience, such as flood gates at homes and small businesses
Plans to proactively install property flood resilience in the Roch Valley is one of 25 new flooding and coastal resilience projects across England awarded funding this week.
The projects, led by local authorities and delivered over the next six years, will receive a share of £150 million from Defra as part of the government’s new Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme and will be managed by the Environment Agency.
They are part of the government’s long-term plan on flood and coastal erosion and a renewed effort to develop and test new approaches to tackle these threats.