Councillors today (Wednesday 13 March) approved plans to target essential flood improvements in high-risk areas across Devon and increase the resilience of several communities.
Around 25 homes in the Moreton Park Road area of Bideford now have greater protection from flood risk following the replacement of a collapsed culvert
A £1.1 million flood risk management scheme to provide greater protection for more than 80 homes and businesses is due to start in Modbury early next month
Work is underway to replace a collapsed culvert in Moreton Park Road in Bideford which has caused a sinkhole that is posing a flood risk to nearby properties
More than 300 homes and businesses will benefit from greater flood protection in the next year as part of Devon County Council’s £3 million Flood Risk Management Action Plan agreed by the Council’s Cabinet
Devon County Council’s Cabinet has approved flood improvement schemes in Ivybridge and Uplyme to provide greater protection to homes in the two communities
Work has been completed on Braunton’s flood improvement scheme to provide a protection standard of up to a 1 in 50 year surface water flood event
Devon County Council has completed a £1 million flood prevention scheme in Axminster, providing vital protection to over 160 homes
Flood relief scheme in Axminster is now half way through its six month programme and is currently on schedule to be completed in September
