Flood Control: Finance
(asked on 24th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which areas will receive funding from the £170 million announced in July 2020 for shovel-ready flood defence schemes.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
In July, £170 million capital funding was announced to accelerate work on shovel-ready flood defence schemes that will begin construction before the end of 21-22. 22 areas across the country will benefit from this immediate boost to jobs supporting the local economy as communities recover from the impact of coronavirus.
The schemes, which were shortlisted and approved based on their economic growth and recovery potential, will together better protect more than 10,000 local businesses and safeguard around 100,000 jobs.
The following table provides a breakdown of funding by scheme for each area:
Project | Funding |
Severn Valley Flood Risk Management Scheme | Up to £30,000,000 |
Leeds FAS | Up to £21,000,000 |
Sheffield Upper Don Valley coastal& the Upper Don Catchment NFM Programme | £16,000,000 |
Lowestoft Flood Risk Management Project (LFRMP) Tidal Walls and Barrier | £43,486,439 |
Hebden Bridge | £12,000,000 |
Derby OCR | £10,000,000 |
Team Valley | £6,000,000 |
Severn Valley NFM and carbon offsetting | £5,400,000 |
Lowdham | £5,000,000 |
Tenbury Wells | Up to £4,895,000 |
Benacre and Kessingland Flood Risk Management Scheme | £3,297,660 |
Bude, The Crescent | Up to £2,140,000 |
Brighton Marina to River Adur | £2,000,000 |
Padiham | £2,000,000 |
Lancaster, Caton Road | £1,400,000 |
Leeds FAS, Natural Flood Management | £1,320,000 |
Hexham | £1,000,000 |
Peak District, peatland restoration | £960,000 |
East Cowes | £500,000 |
Falmouth IUDM inc Tidal Prince of Wales Pier | £500,000 |
Penketh & Whittle | £480,000 |
Ponteland FAS | £450,000 |