Keeping you informed Hull and East Riding - managing the risk of flooding June 2015

What have we been doing?

Albert Dock: During the tidal surge in December 2013, the Estuary overtopped the dock side at Albert Dock in Hull, flooding 300 properties. We secured funding to improve the existing defences at the dock through the government’s asset recovery programme. Hull City Council also secured funding from the Local Enterprise Partnership.

Construction of a permanent wall started in November 2014 to replace the temporary defence installed after the flooding. The area was first checked to see it was clear of World War 2 ordnance and then H pile foundations were installed. Piling installation is complete and approximately 500m of the 950m length of this flood defence wall has now been built. Construction work is well underway on two other walls (including a precast concrete section). Work on the final wall section and the sealing up of Dunston Culvert (a redundant Water drain) will start soon. We anticipate the flood protection will be in place by July 2015 though finishing (eg: fencing and footpath reinstatement) will be completed shortly after.

Main defence wall under construction Recently constructed precast concrete defence wall

Humber frontages: As part of our longer term work to ensure that properties along the Humber continue to be protected, we are considering how to improve the Humber frontage from Paull village in the east, through Hull, to near the Humber Bridge in the west. We are working very closely with both City Council and Council in relation to the project.

Reedness: Works to improve the 3.3 kilometres of flood defence between and are now in their final stages. All permanent defences are now in place and contractors are currently working to topsoil and reseed the embankments and provide access points over the new pile defences before the end of June. A smaller scheme to stabilise the embankments of Reedness Drainage Channel, following damages in the December 2013 tidal surge, will begin in Reedness village in early June. Weather permitting all works in the Reedness Area will be complete by Sept 2015. Work at Old and Kilnsea is now complete.

Hull river defences: The city of Hull needs its river defences to be improved so that they continue to provide long term protection from the risk of flooding from the . The appraisal of the flood risk options is now complete and we are now preparing a business case. Working in partnership with Hull City Council we are working to provide a scheme which will contribute towards growth and regeneration on the river front in the city, and are currently looking at ways to fund this.

Are you prepared for future floods? Although flood defences reduce the likelihood of flooding, the risk can never be removed entirely. Flooding can happen at any time and we advise people to take simple practical steps to help reduce the impact of flooding to their homes or business. • Make sure you are registered to the Environment Agency’s free flood warning service, Floodline Warnings Direct. Since the December 2013 floods, hundreds of homes and businesses have been in touch with us to register for this service.

• Get the most out of the service by registering the maximum 5 ways to receive flood warnings. Use a

combination of mobile phone numbers, landlines and email addresses. Make sure your contact details are

accurate - if you’ve moved house, changed mobile phone number or got a different email address, please

let us know. Don’t risk not getting the message. Check the details you have registered by calling Floodline

on 0345 988 1188. To make a flood plan for your home or business with advice about what to do to

reduce the impact of flooding, call Floodline or visit www.gov.uk/floodsdestroy

A number of communities around the estuary, have been developing their own Emergency Plans detailing how they would respond to a flood or other emergency in the future. To find out more about how to put together a community flood plan, please contact us on 0370 8506 506

Contact If you have any questions, please contact the Environment Agency’s national customer contact team on 03708 506506 (landlines are charged the same as a local geographic call but mobiles may vary) or email [email protected] You can also follow us on Twitter @EnvAgencyYNE visit our website www.gov.uk/flood or call Floodline on 0345 9881188.