New group to map out the floods danger across East Yorkshire
Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 07:00
Every type of drain – from tiny rural becks to Hull's underground urban sewer network – will be mapped in one huge exercise.
It is hoped the data will allow experts to make better decisions on future investment and help prevent a repeat of June last year when more than 15,000 homes across East Yorkshire were hit by flood damage.
The hydrological study will be one of the first major pieces of work to be commissioned by a new partnership set up to plan and co-ordinate drainage management issues across the region.
The partnership between Hull City Council, East Riding Council, the Environment Agency and Yorkshire Water is in line with key demands set out in the Mail's 10-point action plan launched earlier this year following our Never Again campaign.
As part of the campaign, we investigated the causes and consequences of the floods and came up with the points.
Senior figures from the four agencies recently met for the first time and pledged to work together. They will meet again in December.
City council chief executive Kim Ryley said: "We have come together to build a strong, effective partnership and we are committed to working in an open and collaborative way, sharing the information we have as well as working as a joint research study."
All four partner agencies have agreed to commit time, funding and energy into completing the research study as soon as possible.
Toby Willison, regional director of the Environment Agency, said: "The study will identify where additional funding will be needed."
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This work won't be completed until 2010 at earliest. But in addition to mapping out existing drains and streams shouldn't someone also be identifying all those that have been filled in, etc., over the past forty years? But then again, perhaps not - Such information might expose the incompetence of our planning departments.commented on 11-Nov-2008 11:21
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To the person in the street, this is a no-brainer. Imagine NOT knowing where all the drains are? Imagine NOT being prepared for further flooding? Imagine having to wait over a year after a major disaster to get the work under way. A disgrace.commented on 11-Nov-2008 08:45
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