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Northumbria Groundwater Flooding Project
Meeting: 14/12/2021 - Cabinet (Item 103)
103 Northumbria Groundwater Flooding Project PDF 172 KB
Report of the Strategic Director, Economy, Innovation and Growth
Minutes:
Consideration has been given to the award of a Department of Food and Rural Affairs grant under the Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme, to the Council in its capacity as a Lead Local Flood Authority, to work in partnership to map groundwater flood risk, to develop groundwater flood risk maps and to consider a groundwater flood risk warning system for Gateshead and the surrounding area. |
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That acceptance of the grant as detailed in the report be approved |
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That approval be given for the Council’s Highway and Flood Risk Management Team, who undertake the Council’s Lead Local Flood Authority duties, to manage the project. |
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The above decisions have been made for the following reasons: |
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To inform future flood risk management schemes, to inform strategic planning and development policy and to mitigate against climate change groundwater flood risk. |