A £1.75 million scheme is due to be put into place to prevent flooding in the Crossens and Churchtown areas of Southport.
The initiative would look to create new flood storage areas as well as improving the quality of open space in the area between Botanic Gardens in Churchtown and the Three Pools Waterway in Crossens.
Sefton Council’s Cabinet will discuss the issue at Bootle Town Hall next Thursday (5th December 2024), where councillors are due to approve a pre-procurement report ahead of the contract being awarded for the ‘Making Space for Water’ scheme.
Reducing flooding in the Crossens area would be done through £1.75 million, funded from £1.6 million Environment Agency Grant funding £150,000 from Sefton Council’s Highways capital programme.
A council report said: “Sefton Council have been developing a flood management scheme associated with the Pool watercourse that runs from the lake in Botanic Gardens, through the stray woodland, runs parallel to Preston New Road before passing through Crossens Community Park and discharging into the Three Pools Waterway.
“The scheme will seek to create flood storage areas to reduce surface water flood risk directly to 98 properties as well as increase biodiversity and improve the quality of the open space.
“Sefton Council are seeking Grant in Aid funding from the Environment Agency for £1.6m to fund most of the scheme.
“The Environment Agency administers the grant-in-aid funding process and a bid and business case has been submitted (October 2024).
“The funding allocation is based on a national funding pot and is competitive between projects based on a series of outcomes.
“Additional funding of £150k has been earmarked from the Sefton Council highway capital improvement programme to support improvements to the drainage of the highway in the area which is contributing to flooding.”
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