A two-day exhibition will be held next week to show resi- dents the progress of multi-million-pound flood schemes under construction in the East Riding.

Members of the public are invited to go along to the drop-in event which will be held at East Riding Leisure HULL AND HALTEMPRICE Haltemprice, Springfield Way, , on Monday 25 and FLOOD ALLEVIATION SCHEMES Tuesday 26 February, from 11am to 4pm each day.

The projects on display will include the Cottingham and An Exhibition of the Work to Contact Details Orchard Park Flood Alleviation Scheme (COPFAS) and the Reduce Risk of Surface Water Anlaby and East Ella Flood Alleviation Scheme (AEEFAS), Please email any comments or queries to: Flooding to Over 12,000 Properties which are currently being built at a cost of £22milllion each. Email: [email protected] The schemes are some of the largest currently under Alternatively you can write to us: construction in the country.

When completed they will reduce the risk of flooding to Civil Engineering Services Council more than 8,000 homes and businesses in the Cotting- County Hall ham, Anlaby, East Ella and areas. Cross Street East Riding of Yorkshire The exhibition will include photographs, videos and plans HU17 9BA and members of the project teams will be on hand to speak to members of the public. Residents are being encouraged to sign up to receive Flood Warnings by visiting The event will also include information about the 2007 www.gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-warnings 25th & 26th February 2019 11:00– 16:00 floods which devastated areas of the East Riding and or by calling the Floodline on 0345 988 1188 Hull, and resulted in the launch of the alleviation work. East Riding Leisure Haltemprice Also included will be details of the first major project to 120 Springfield Way, Anlaby, Hull HU10 6QJ be completed, the £14million Willerby and Derringham For updates please follow visit http:// Flood Alleviation Scheme. www2.eastriding.gov.uk/council/plans-and-policies/ The flood schemes are being delivered by East Riding of other-plans-and-policies-information/flood-risk/flood- risk-strategy/ Yorkshire Council in partnership with Hull City Council or watch out for updates on the local radio and in the and the Environment Agency. local press The council successfully secured funding for AEEFAS and COPFAS through the Flood Defence Grant in Aid (FDGiA) February 2019 administered by the Environment Agency, and Local Growth Fund (LGF) through the Humber Growth Deal by the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership. The Cottingham and Orchard Park Flood Alleviation Scheme (COPFAS) is currently being constructed and will be operational by 2020. This scheme reduces risk of sur- face water flood to over 4000 properties in those areas.

A164 Lagoons The attenuation lagoons will be capable of holding ap-

Castle Hill Lagoons proximately 330,000m3 of flood water.

Stackyard Lagoons

Railway Lagoons The Orchard Park Lagoon will be complete by the end of spring this year. It stores over 140,000m3 of flood water. A new fishing pond and wildlife area has been created as part of the scheme to enhance the area.

The Anlaby and East Ella Flood Alleviation Scheme (AEEFAS) is now well underway. The main lagoon is now substantially complete and The Willerby and Derringham Flood Alleviation will hold 115,000m3 of flood water. 1.5 km of drainage pipes are Scheme (WaDFAS) was completed Nov 2016 and re- currently being tunnelled under the Tranby hillside by the ‘ duces risk of surface water flood to over 8000 proper- Worm’ tunnel boring machine. The scheme will be operational in ties in those areas. The attenuation lagoons are capable 2020 and will reduce risk of flood to over 4000 properties. of holding approximately 235,000m3 of flood water.