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FLOOD RESILIENCE

•Ged McAllister

•Lancaster City Council

Road Access

Not your normal traffic problem

FLOODING HISTORY

DRY TIMES

PILOT OPPORTUNITY

•LANCASTER CITY AND EA WELL

VERSED IN PROBLEM

•LOCALS ENJOY THE SUPPORT OF

LOCAL MP

•NORMAL FLOOD MANAGEMENT

TECHNIQUES TOO EXPENSIVE

•ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRAINTS LIMIT

SCOPE OF WORK

FLOOD RISK

MANAGEMENT FORUM

•LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL

•EA

•LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

•NATURAL ENGLAND

•RSPB

•EMERGENCY SERVICES

•RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

FLOODING SUBGROUP

•LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL

•EA

•RESIDENTS REPRESENTATIVES

•FREQUENT MEETINGS TO DEVELOP

OPTIONS AND STRATEGY

PROBLEMS

•SELF HELP AND HEATH ROBINSON

•PERSUASION REQUIRED TO ADOPT A

MORE PROFESSIONAL AND

SUSTAINABLE APPROACH

•THIS TOOK SOME TIME!

SOLUTIONS CHOSEN

1.ROBUST DURABLE DOOR PROTECTION

2.ADDITIONAL GATES BETWEEN PROPERTIES TO

PREVENT ATTACK FROM THE BACK

3.REPAIRS TO VARIOUS TIDE FLAPS

4.BESPOKE COVERS TO AIR BRICKS

GATES

GATES

DOORS

DOORS

DOORS

AIRBRICK COVER

PROCUREMENT

•INITIALLY INTENDED FOR THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION TO

ORDER THE WORKS

•THIS WAS NOT PRACTICABLE WITH THE AMOUNTS

INVOLVED

•IT WAS DECIDED THAT LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL WOULD

PLACE ALL THE ORDERS

•GRANT FORMS GAVE AUTHORITY TO LANCASTER TO ACT

ON THEIR BEHALF

LESSONS LEARNED

•IT TAKES TIME AND PATIENCE TO GET THE COMMUNITY ON

BOARD

•IF LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES THEY MAY NOT MAKE THE

BEST CHOICE

•COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP IS IMPORTANT FOR THE LONG

TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SOLUTION

•INSTALLATION IS BETTER CARRIED OUT BY THE SPECIALIST

CONCLUSION

•THERE WAS A FULL UPTAKE AND 30 PROPERTIES HAD

THEIR FLOOD RESILIENCE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED

•THE COMMUNITY HAS DRAWN MORE TIGHTLY TOGETHER IN

A FORMALISED STRUCTURE

•RESISTANCE TO A FLOOD IS THE PREFER SOLUTION PRIOR

TO FLOODING

A FEW QUESTIONS

•IF A GRANT SYSTEM IS INTRODUCE WILL THE INDUSTRY

HAVE THE CAPACITY?

•WHO WILL PROVIDE THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO HOME

OWNERS DECIDING BETWEEN PRODUCTS?

•WHAT WILL BE THE CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING FOR A

GRANT AND WHO WILL MAKE THE DECISION?

WHY PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE AT

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