A cleaner and greener borough with the Environment Agency Date published: 07 March 2021
Work is underway at a site on Todmorden Road, Littleborough
Hello from everyone at the Environment Agency and welcome to our latest round-up exclusively for Rochdale Online. It’s been an extraordinary start to the year weather-wise with Storm Christoph hitting us over the 18-21 January, leaving a trail of devastation across the North West.
Greater Manchester saw some of the worst impacts and this month, we are using our round-up to take a look back at our response to the flooding that fell across many of our river catchments and how we are now moving forward with recovery, plus an update on the local flood scheme.
Hello from everyone at the Environment Agency and welcome to our latest round-up exclusively for Rochdale Online.
As we have just a few weeks left before we end what has been one of the most unusual and challenging years many of us have faced in living memory to the archives, let’s take a look back at the environmental highs and lows of 2020.
We hope you enjoy reading. Here’s what we have been up to in Rochdale and the surrounding areas over the last twelve months.
38 debris screens cleared and the risk of flooding reduced
Over the last twelve months, our Operations Team have removed blockages and cleared debris screens throughout the local area. Although this activity falls under general maintenance, it is perhaps some of the most vital work we can do to help reduce flood risk to the community by ensuring the rivers and streams of Rochdale and Bury remain clear.