Saturday, April 17, 2021

Flood Defences

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Green light for next phase of £36.2m flood defences

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Council chiefs have signed off the next £36.2 million phase of flood defence works along the banks of the River Aire in West Leeds. A...
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New tools will help communicate about flooding to at-risk communities

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Role play exercises are to be used to help overcome challenges of communicating about flooding to communities at greatest risk. This is one of the...
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Mark’s History: Photos capture flood defence work at site once known as ‘Lower Daniel Ings’

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Words and Photos: Mark Stevenson You may have noticed over the last few weeks ‘tipper trucks’ going up and down Kirkstall Road. They go up full...
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Talks over collapse of Newlay Weir continue – amid calls for independent investigation

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Discussions on the future of historic Newlay Weir - which was partly destroyed in recent storms - are under way between the Environment Agency...
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Leeds West MP welcomes extra flood defence funding

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Words: Richard Beecham, local democracy reporter Leeds West MP Rachel Reeves has welcomed the Government rubber-stamping a long-awaited scheme to make Leeds more flood-resilient -...
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New flood defence plans submitted for River Aire

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Ambitious proposals to reduce flood risk along the River Aire catchment have been submitted to both Leeds City Council and Bradford Council.   The multi-million pound...
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Leeds West MP accuses government of ‘dithering’ over flood defences

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Words: Richard Beecham, local democracy reporter Leeds West's MP has claimed some of their residents are living in fear for their homes due to the...
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Mark’s History: Flood defence work continues at Milford Place bridge

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Words & Photos: Mark Stevenson I suppose I should put some kind of a warning like ‘don't try this at home’ as they do on...
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Five years on from Storm Eva: Flood defences bring hope in Burley and Kirkstall

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Boxing Day 2015 saw Storm Eva hit the region, causing the River Aire to break its banks to devastate homes and businesses, costing Leeds...
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Leeds had another ‘close shave’ with floods earlier this year, meeting told

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One of Leeds’s top flooding experts said the city had a ‘close shave’ earlier this year, due to severe rainstorms during February, writes Richard...
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Government pledges extra £22 million for Kirkstall flood defences – updated

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More than £22 million in extra government funding has been allocated to flood defences through the Kirkstall Valley and beyond to help stop a...
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River Aire footbridge closes for flood prevention work

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A popular footbridge over the River Aire has been temporarily closed until August 2021 to allow vital flood defence work to be carried out....
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