A £1.75 million scheme to tackle flooding in the Crossens and Churchtown areas of Southport is due to be approved this evening.
The Making Space for Water scheme is due to be ratified by councillors at the full Sefton Council meeting at Bootle Town Hall this evening (Thursday 16th January 2025).
It would be funded through £1.6 million from the Environment Agency Grant and £150 from Sefton Council’s Highways capital programme.
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’s £150,000 contribution will support improvements to the drainage of the highway in the area which is contributing to flooding.
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