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SOMERSET FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT COMMON WORKS PROGRAMME 2015/16 A) Background Following its establishment on 31st January 2015, the Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) is committed to preparing a Common Works Programme (CWP), which will be updated annually. The CWP encompass all Flood Risk Management Authorities (FRMAs) in Somerset, and covers all inland flood risk management improvement schemes and maintenance works. It sets out information on schemes being undertaken using funding available to FRMAs through their conventional spending programmes, but also includes schemes and works being delivered using additional funding made available to the SRA. It includes: All capital schemes however funded; The established maintenance programmes of the Environment Agency, and Internal Drainage Boards; the Enhanced Maintenance Programme - for details, see: www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/about-us/board-and- partners/board-meetings-and-papers/?entryid108=97700 Relevant programmes of Somerset County Council (SCC) as Lead Local Flood Authority and Highways Authority; District Council and Water Company schemes. B) Purpose 1. To share information with local communities and businesses about the schemes and works being undertaken; 2. To provide a basis for co-ordinating the planning and implementation of schemes, including developing efficiencies for joint delivery, and reporting on progress. C) Change The CWP will be updated to take account of issues that emerge during the course of the year, and may be subject to change, reflecting the ability to respond to needs and opportunities, and the availability of funding, as they arise. D) Prioritisation The CWP seeks to focus resources in areas where there is the greatest need, and where investment will bring the greatest benefits. The type of action taken to manage flood risk and drainage will depend on the severity of the risk, including factors such as the likelihood of flooding, the level of danger it would pose, its impact, and the feasibility of implementing a scheme or works to mitigate the risk. CWPv1-1.doc 1 Flood Risk Management Flood Risk Timescale for Ref Project Name Location Description Authority Source Implementation (Other Partners involved) 1. Improvement Schemes - Environment Agency Joint Programme of Work attracting either Government Grant in Aid or Local Levy (WRFCC) funding (see map for EA schemes) www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/about-us/board-and-partners/board-meetings-and-papers/?entryid108=97703 Brue Glastonbury to Carry out repairs to defence wall and EA 1 Mendip EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Cripps reinstate flood bank to defence level Brue Glastonbury to EA 1 Mendip Desilt and pull banks on River Brue EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Cripps EA 2 North Drain Mendip Carry out works to Lewis Drove Sluice EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Lewis Drove Tilting Weir - Gate major EA 2 North Drain Mendip EA Main River 2015 - 2016 mechanical maintenance Lewis Drove Tilting Weir - Replace EA 2 North Drain Mendip EA Main River 2015 - 2016 motor & gearbox Burnham - Highbridge Main Rivers EA 3 Sedgemoor Specialist asset survey EA 2015 - 2016 Clyce and Sea Burnham - Highbridge Main Rivers EA 3 Sedgemoor Replace Mechanical components EA 2015 - 2016 Clyce and Sea Burnham - Huntspill Outfall - 2 x tidal flaps and 4x vertical Main Rivers EA 4 Sedgemoor EA 2015 - 2016 Sluice gates major mechanical maintenance and Sea Burnham - Huntspill Outfall - Refurbish gate 1, 2 & 3 Main Rivers EA 4 Sedgemoor EA 2015 - 2016 Sluice painting and Sea Burnham - Huntspill Main Rivers EA 4 Sedgemoor Outfall - Refurbish tidal flap 2 EA 2015 - 2016 Sluice and Sea EA 5 Axe Lower Sedgemoor Reprofile bank slips EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Taunton Bank repairs to cover piles and repair EA 6 Tone Villages EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Deane rabbit holes South EA 7 River Cam Froglane West Camel stone pitching EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Somerset CWPv1-1.doc 2 Flood Risk Management Flood Risk Timescale for Ref Project Name Location Description Authority Source Implementation (Other Partners involved) South EA 7 River Cam West Camel FAS Throttle Structure EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Somerset South EA 7 River Cam West Camel flap valves EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Somerset Tone - Taunton to Taunton EA 8 Children's Wood stone revetment EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Bradford Deane Tone - Taunton to Taunton EA 8 Replacement of gauge boards x 8 EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Bradford Deane Washford River - General West EA 9 Abbey Mill Bridge 1 every 2 years EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Bridge Inspections Somerset For Bye Farm and Watersmeet 1 Washford River - General West EA 9 every 2 years. Query over ownership EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Bridge Inspections Somerset of both bridges. West EA 9 Washford River Deformed culvert with fracture EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Somerset Minehead to Blue Anchor West EA 10 Inspection of culvert EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Coast Somerset Taunton EA 11 Westford Stream Repairs to earth embankment EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Deane Taunton EA 11 Westford Reservoir Section 10 Improvements EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Deane West EA 12 River Barle – Dulverton Tree Catcher EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Somerset Mark Yeo - Whitehouse EA 13 Sedgemoor Stone out compound EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Pumping Station Mark Yeo - Stook House EA 13 Sedgemoor Gate - major mechanical maintenance EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Sluice Stanmoor Pumping Taunton Flood Defence (Diesel Pump) EA 14 EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Station S Deane Replace 2 pump starters CWPv1-1.doc 3 Flood Risk Management Flood Risk Timescale for Ref Project Name Location Description Authority Source Implementation (Other Partners involved) Burnham - Brean Cross Main Rivers EA 15 Sedgemoor Refurbish tidal flap 2 painting EA 2015 - 2016 Sluice and Sea Cheddar Yeo Lower - EA 16 Cross Moor Pumping Sedgemoor Replace 2 x pressure transducers EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Station EA 16 Cheddar Yeo Lower Sedgemoor Reprofile bank slips EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Brue Cripps to Tidal Limit Replace 2 hydrostatic and 2 EA 17 Sedgemoor EA Main River 2015 - 2016 - Hackness Sluice ultrasonic level instruments Taunton EA 18 Curry Moor Reservoir Section 10 Improvements EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Deane Taunton EA 18 Curry Moor Pumping Station Improvements EA Main River 2020 - 2021 Deane Taunton EA 19 River Tone French Weir Remedials EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Deane Cannington Flood EA 20 Sedgemoor EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Defence Scheme South EA 21 Bruton Reservoir Section 10 Improvements EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Somerset Sowy Improvement EA 22 Scheme (Flood Action Sedgemoor EA Main Rivers 2015 - 2017 Plan) Stolford Flood Defence West EA 23 EA Sea 2015 - 2018 Scheme Somerset Steart Coastal EA 24 Sedgemoor EA Main River 2015 - 2019 Management Project Main Rivers Parrett Barrier Site (Flood EA 25 Sedgemoor Investigation / Scheme EA and Sea 2015 - 2021 Action Plan) CWPv1-1.doc 4 Flood Risk Management Flood Risk Timescale for Ref Project Name Location Description Authority Source Implementation (Other Partners involved) Sedgemoor & Beer Wall (Flood Action EA 26 South Phases 2 and 3 (See also FRM 22) EA Main River 2015 - 2016 Plan) Somerset EA 27 River Frome Scheme Mendip Improvements (Wallbridge) EA Main River 2016 - 2017 Main Rivers EA 28 Parrett Estuary Sedgemoor Cannington Bends EA 2016 - 2018 and Sea South EA 29 Henley Sluice EA Main River 2018 - 2019 Somerset Saltmoor Pumping Taunton EA 30 Improvements EA Main River 2018- 2 019 Station Deane Main Rivers EA 31 Dunball Sluice Sedgemoor Gates Refurbishment EA 2018 - 2019 and Sea West EA 32 Roadwater Improvements EA Main River 2018 - 2019 Somerset Taunton EA 33 Taunton Flood Alleviation Improvements EA Main River 2020 - 2021 Deane West Sedgemoor South EA 34 Improvements EA Main River 2020 - 2021 Pumping Station Somerset Gold Corner Pumping EA 35 Sedgemoor Improvements EA Main River 2020 - 2021 Station West EA 36 Williton Flood Defences Scheme EA Main River 2020 - 2021 Somerset Schemes EA 37 to EA 40 are provisional schemes Parrett at Langport Right South EA 37 Asset Improvements EA Main River 2018 - 2019 Bank Somerset Westmoor and EA 38 Mendip Asset Improvements EA Main River 2019 - 2020 Southmoor CWPv1-1.doc 5 Flood Risk Management Flood Risk Timescale for Ref Project Name Location Description Authority Source Implementation (Other Partners involved) Parrett Left Bank South EA 39 Asset Improvements EA Main River 2019 - 2020 Langport Thorney Somerset Sedgemoor & EA 40 King’s Sedgemoor Drain South Asset Improvements EA Main River 2019 - 2020 Somerset Schemes EA 41 to 44 do not appear on the accompanying map Bridge Maintenance EA 41 EA Main Rivers 2015 - 2021 Programme (Wessex) Water Level Management Plan Heavily Modified Water Body (Water EA 42 EA Main River 2015 - 2021 Framework Directive) Mitigation Measures (Wessex) Westmoor Favourable EA 43 Condition (Raised Water Mendip EA Main River 2016 - 2017 Level Areas remedial) EA 44 River Brue Fish Passage Improvements EA Main River 2016 - 2018 CWPv1-1.doc 6 Flood Risk Management Authority Flood Risk Timescale for Ref Project Name Location Description (Other Source Implementation Partners involved) 2. Improvement Schemes Internal Drainage Boards (Grant in Aid / Grant funded) (see map for IDB schemes) www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/about-us/board-and-partners/board-meetings-and-papers/?entryid108=97703 Minehead investigations West Lowland IDB 1 Investigation into improvement works Parrett IDB 2015 - 2016 & improvements Somerset channel Improvements to water level control Lowland IDB 2 East and West Waste Mendip Axe
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