Flood defence work starts at Hedon

THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY is about to start flood defence work at Hedon to improve the flood protection for over 350 properties.
They will be raising the low spots in the existing flood banks along Burstwick Drain, starting tomorrow 23 November 2009. The town suffered during the major region-wide floods of 2007.
The work will be complicated by [...]

Flood Watch – North Sea Coast at Bridlington

The coastline from Bridlington to Barmston is on flood watch today Sunday 1st November 2009 as heavy rain continues.
The Environment Agency has raised the level of alert for the area earlier this morning and is continuing to monitor the situation.
See the Environment Agency for more information.

Yorkshire Water explain efforts to prevent flooding #BAD09

Yorkshire Water were understandably stretched to the limit during the great floods of the summer 2007.
In this YouTube video they explain about their efforts during and after the floods, including a £16m investment in Hull to upgrade and improve their pumping operations which normally feeds waste water through to their treatment facility at Satend near [...]

The Floods – Freak weather event or first of many? #BAD09

The floods have changed how I see the world. Whenever it rains you think ‘is it all going to happen again?’

These words from a school student in Hull sum up the fears of thousands of people in Hull and Holderness whose lives were dramatically affected by the summer floods of 2007.
The rainfall in the UK [...]

Blog Action Day Tomorrow! Flooding will be Hedon Blog Theme #BAD09

It is Blog Action Day tomorrow and the Hedon Blog will be posting about Climate Change and particularly the increased threat of flooding. This is a subject that local folk in Hull and Hedon are likely to have first hand knowledge or experience of.
Join the conversation tomorrow – or indeed start today by leaving a [...]

National Flood Protection proposals may leave the East Riding at greater risk of flooding

The East Riding Council’s ruling Councillors have pledged to fight flood-management proposals drawn up by the Environment Agency. The Council maintains that the proposals will direct future investment in flood defences to urban areas at the expense of rural areas like the East Riding.
On the East Riding Council Website Council leader Stephen Parnaby states that [...]

Interim flood defences in Hedon

The Environment Agency has commissioned some work on Burstwick Drain in Hedon to raise the bank at low points, and build flood walls where necessary, as part of a wider £2m project to strengthen flood defences aimed principally at protecting Burstwick which was hit hard by the floods in July 2007.
At Hedon Haven pipes will [...]