{"id":93427,"date":"2018-06-29T14:53:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T14:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=55c8ba3126aa72168343684b478431c4"},"modified":"2018-06-29T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T14:53:03","slug":"press-release-work-on-northumberland-flood-defence-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=93427","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Work on Northumberland flood defence complete"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Work on a new \u00a365,000 flood embankment which protects homes in Hexham from flooding is complete.<\/p>\n

Storm Desmond saw flooding to 15 properties at Tyne Green, Hexham, on 5 December 2015.<\/p>\n

Properties flooded as a result of water from the River Tyne flowing through an underpass beneath the Newcastle-Carlisle railway line near to Tyne Green Golf Course.<\/p>\n

The Environment Agency prioritises delivery of new and improved flood defences using government funding over a rolling six year programme, to schemes which provide the greatest benefits to protect properties from flooding.<\/p>\n

Due to the small number of properties that would benefit, against the cost of delivering a flood scheme at Tyne Green, the Environment Agency had been unable to deliver new flood defences in the area.<\/p>\n

Funded by residents<\/h3>\n

The new flood bank has been uniquely funded by residents who pooled individual government grants made available to them following flooding over the winter period of 2015\/16.<\/p>\n

The Environment Agency and Northumberland County Council worked closely with Tyne Green residents, Northumbrian Water and Network Rail to provide a creative solution.<\/p>\n

The work started on 11 June and was finished this week. Some fencing still needs to be put in place and this will take place early in July.<\/p>\n

The flood embankment, built by Breheny Civil Engineering, has been designed to protect against a flood event similar to that experienced by Tyne Green residents during Storm Desmond. Chris Hood, Project Manager for the Environment Agency, said:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m delighted we\u2019ve been able to complete this flood defence which is great news for the residents of Tyne Green.<\/p>\n

They have been on a long and difficult journey and ultimately used their initiative and all worked together to pool their grants which has allowed us to build this new flood defence.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to thank them for their support and continued patience while we have worked together with Network Rail and others to find the best and most cost-effective solution at Tyne Green.<\/p>\n

We hope this protection afforded by the new defence will now provide local residents with peace of mind when bad weather threatens in the future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Agencies working together<\/h3>\n

Northumberland County Councillor Glen Sanderson, Cabinet member for Environment and Local Services, said:<\/p>\n

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This is another fine example of agencies working with local communities to find innovative solutions to improve their areas and prevent flooding events damaging their homes in the future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

County Councillor for Hexham Central with Acomb Trevor Cessford added:<\/p>\n

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This is great news for local residents and should hopefully provide peace of mind and security for the future.
\nI would also like to say a huge thanks to all the residents for their patience and understanding in this drawn out matter and for the selfless financial contributions they themselves have made towards the project.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Environment Agency is urging people to \u2018Prepare, Act, Survive\u2019 by visiting the Floods Destroy website and do three things to prepare for flooding.<\/p>\n

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  • check your postcode and find out if you are at risk of flooding<\/li>\n
  • sign-up for free flood warnings if you are at risk<\/li>\n
  • view and save the 3-point flood plan so you know how to \u2018Prepare, Act, Survive\u2019 in a flood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Environment Agency has completed work on a new flood embankment which will reduce the risk of flooding at Tyne Green in Hexham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}