CONSTRUCTION on a scheme to better protect Otley residents from flooding started this week. The scheme, which is part of the response against the climate emergency, will reduce flood risk to 53 properties in the area around Wharfemeadows Park. Led by Leeds City Council in partnership with the Environment Agency, WSP and BAM Nuttall Mott McDonald (BMMjv), the scheme comprises of an embankment running parallel to Billams Hill and vegetation management on the islands downstream on Otley weir. Together, the measures will reduce the likelihood of flooding from the River Wharfe to a 4 percent chance of occurring in any given year.
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WORK is to start next month on Otley s flood alleviation scheme. Construction was due to begin shortly after the proposals were approved in March last year but the scheme had been set back by lockdown. Leeds City Council said last year it was hoping to begin engineering work in October 2020 but then the start date was delayed again until 2021. Now councillors have been told construction will begin on Monday, March 8. The project, which is a major part of Otley s £3.3 million flood defence scheme, involves a flood defence embankment running parallel with Billams Hill and the management of vegetation on the islands downstream at Otley Weir. The measures will cut the risk of flooding to properties on Farnley Lane and Bridge Avenue.
WORK is to start next month on Otley s flood alleviation scheme. Construction was due to begin shortly after the proposals were approved in March last year but the scheme had been set back by lockdown. Leeds City Council said last year it was hoping to begin engineering work in October 2020 but then the start date was delayed again until 2021. Now councillors have been told construction will begin on Monday, March 8. The project, which is a major part of Otley s £3.3 million flood defence scheme, involves a flood defence embankment running parallel with Billams Hill and the management of vegetation on the islands downstream at Otley Weir. The measures will cut the risk of flooding to properties on Farnley Lane and Bridge Avenue.