The Environment Agency is appealing for help from York residents to decide where new trees should be planted as part of the city’s flood defence scheme.
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Former UK Met Office chief scientist Dame Julia Slingo, who headed up Network Rail’s Weather Action Task Force initiated following the fatal derailment at Carmont in August 2020, is to deliver the keynote speech at NCE’s Future of Floods virtual event on 24 June.
Delegates at Future of Floods will be able to put questions to speakers including Dame Slingo
The Network Rail convened the task force after initial investigations into the derailment suggested localised heavy rainfall triggered a landslide was the root cause of the incident and aimed to create action plans to predict and respond to future weather events. In her speech at Future of Floods, Dame Slingo will draw on the understanding gained by the task force’s work around predicting heavy rainfall events and the impact this has on infrastructure, as well as looking at how to mitigate and futureproof assets from flooding risk.
The Environment Agency has reached another major milestone in the development of the £45M York Flood Alleviation Scheme with construction getting underway in four areas of the city.
Work is starting this week under Lendal Bridge to prepare for the installation of a new, larger floodgate, while flood wall construction has begun on Chantry Lane in Bishopthorpe.
Preparations are also being made for the start of work in the Marygate area and Museum Gardens, as well as on Terry Avenue near Rowntree Park.
The Lendal Bridge floodgate installation is the last stage of the Environment Agency’s work from Ouse Bridge to Scarborough Bridge on the station side, which has included raising defences along North Street Gardens and Memorial Gardens.
Flood defence work starting across York
The Environment Agency has reached another major milestone in the development of York Flood Alleviation Scheme as construction starts in four areas of the city.
From: Work has started on replacing the floodgate under Lendal Bridge in York
New larger floodgate to be installed under Lendal Bridge to better protect businesses and roads in the city
New flood wall being built in Bishopthorpe to reduce flood risk in village
Preparation work also starting in Marygate area (including Museum Gardens), as well as plans for work on Terry Avenue (by Rowntree Park)
Work is starting this week under Lendal Bridge on Wellington Row to prepare for the installation of a new, larger floodgate and construction has begun on Chantry Lane in Bishopthorpe.