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Meeting: 12/07/2017 - Cabinet (Item 33)

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Report of the Head of Head of Planning, Transportation and Environment (PTE17/38) on seeking approval to essential flood improvements required at Modbury to significantly reduce the ongoing risk and to request approval for carrying out the capital works funded by DCC, Defra Flood Defence Grant in Aid and Local Levy,  attached.     

 

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Minutes:

(Councillors Gilbert and Hannaford attended in accordance with Standing Order 25(2) and spoke to this item).

 

The Cabinet considered the Report of the Head of Planning, Transportation and Environment (PTE/17/38) seeking approval to essential flood improvements required at Modbury to significantly reduce the ongoing risk funded jointly by the County Council, Defra Flood Defence Grant in Aid and Local Levy.

 

The Head of Service’s Report acknowledged that the town of Modbury had experienced repeat flooding over recent years with the worst occurring in July 2012 and 2014; many properties having suffered further internal flooding on numerous occasions, prior to and since that significant event.

 

The Cabinet was now being recommended to approved a detailed scheme to significantly reduce the ongoing risk of flooding in Modbury and on the A379 through a number of improvements at various locations upstream of the town to reduce runoff, attenuate flows and restrict the residual flows through the built up area.  The main elements of the scheme were to:

 

·         construct three earthworks bunds to create flood storage within existing green areas of Modbury; to  capture and restrict flows to the town by temporarily storing excess water which would be released slowly once water levels had dropped;

 

·         excavate a series of cut-off ditches around field boundaries to reduce flows and direct flows to where they would  be managed by the earthworks bund, and

 

·         modify upstream watercourses, improve gullies and drainage and minor surface works to direct water away from properties.

 

The matter having been debated and the options and/or alternatives and other relevant factors (e.g. financial, sustainability, carbon impact, risk management, equality and legal considerations and Public Health impact) set out in the Head of Service’s Report and/or referred to above having been considered:

 

It was MOVED by Councillor Croad, SECONDED by Councillor Hart and

 

RESOLVED

 

(a) that approval be given to the Modbury Flood Improvement scheme at an estimated cost of £1,132,088;

 

(b) that approval be also given to increasing the Planning, Transportation and Environment capital programme by £427,784 in 2017/18 and £500,000 in 2018/19; funded through £150,000 from the Council’s revenue budget for flood prevention works, £100,000 from the Planning, Transportation and Environment revenue flood risk management budget, £150,000 from external contributions and £527,784 from external grants;

 

(c) that approval be also given to acquire title and/or rights over the necessary land as required in order to deliver the scheme.



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