Tuesday 26 Mar 2013 @ 13:30
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
 Printable version
|
 E-mail this to a friend
|
£5 million to support innovative flood defence schemes
Thirteen communities across the country will benefit from a £5 million fund to come up with innovative projects that will better protect homes and businesses from the risk of flooding, Environment Minister Richard Benyon announced yesterday.
The scheme is aimed at protecting communities where flooding is a major problem and the projects will be required to demonstrate that they can reduce the levels of flood risk in measurable ways. This will give residents evidence about flood risk that could be taken into account by insurers and result in lower premiums.
