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Cookham set to receive £1million flood protection scheme |
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Friday, 22 August 2008 |
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A £1million scheme to reduce the risk of flooding to residents of Cookham has been given the go-ahead by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. According to the Environment Agency, the scheme will halve the risk of flooding to 50 homes and businesses in Cookham, increasing their protection to a 1 in 50 standard (or 2 per cent chance of flooding in any year).
The work will be carried out over three months from September and will include building an embankment and raising kerbs.
Environment Agency area manager Peter Quarmby said:
“This is the right scheme for the residents of Cookham. We have worked hard to develop the solution that will reduce their risk of flooding and maintain the high standard of protection for Maidenhead from the Jubilee River.
“This scheme will reduce the risk of flooding to the homes in Strande Lane to a 1 in 50 standard of protection (or a 2 per cent chance in any year) and will not adversely affect homes and businesses upstream or downstream.
The scheme has been undertaken in three phases, each of which had to be completed to enable the next to go ahead. This application was to build the flow control structures or embankments in Marsh Meadow and undertake other work in Lightlands Lane. The first two phases, which included removing the cills at Odney Weir, did not require planning permission, and were carried out as logical steps to minimise flood risk for residents.
The scheme was approved by the planning committee at the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead on Wednesday 20 August.
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