Creating a thriving community: Living with Water The River Hull Integrated Catchment Strategy is a multi agency project, identifying measures to manage flooding in the River Hull Valley. Adopted locally, and with a number of components to be investigated, progress made to date includes:
- Bransholme Pumping Station Upgrade is completed (Yorkshire Water) - Removal of restrictions on the River Hull is completed (ERYC) - Holderness Drain Flood Alleviation Scheme is currently in development (Environment Agency) (Expected completion 2021) WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP - Hempholme and Wilfholme Pumping Station Refurbishments planned (ERYC, Environment Agency and Internal Drainage Board) TOWARDS A RESILIENT - Future options for a new Tidal Barrier under review (Environment Agency) FUTURE - A pre-feasibility study looking at Beverley and Barmston Drain connections planned (ERYC) - Natural Flood Management project is in development (Hull CC) - Navigation Authority feasibility study completed (ERYC) - Community Flood Bus, Howdale Rd Investment & Barbara Robson Playing Fields (Yorkshire Water)
The Hull & East Riding Living with Water Partnership has achieved both national & international recognition as a ground-breaking partnership and inclusion within the Rockefeller - 100 Resilient Cities Programme alongside some of the world’s leading flood management cities including Cape Town, Miami Beaches, Amman City & Mexico City.
Owing to the high quality of the schemes identified within the catchment strategy, Future Investments the partnership has successfully attracted funding from: Current Investments • Holderness Drain Scheme £30m UK Flood Defence Grand in Aid Funding (FDGiA) • SuDS Retro-fits £5m UK Regional Development Funding (RDF) • River Hull Flood Defences • River Hull Flood Defences European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Phase 1 £36m European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Phase 2 £12m • Humber (Hull) Frontages Scheme £42m • Hessle Foreshore • Anlaby & East Ella Flood Alleviation Recent Investments Scheme £21m Developments £11m £ • Skeffling Natural Habitat • Willerby & Derringham Flood • Cottingham & Orchard Park Flood ! £66 million Creation Scheme £8m Alleviation Scheme £14m Alleviation Scheme £22m Dedicated cross- planned invest- • Aquagreens Phase 2 £100,000 • Aquagreens Phase 1 £120,000 £ • Natural Flood Management partner ment still to • Property Level Protection £120+ million Schemes £300,000 delivery team come first schemes £10,000 invested since appointed • Bransholme Pumping Station & 2007 Flood Storage £16m w w w. LivingWithWater .co. uk