28/12/2005
- Environment Agency Wales senior officers have held meetings
with local representatives in the Conwy Valley to discuss
the detailed proposals for flood defence improvements in
the valley. Members of our
project team met with the Dyffryn Conwy Flood Partnership
Group, local councillors and local farmers and landowners
to present the proposals and explain the preferred option.
The aim is to provide a level of protection
in Llanrwst and Trefriw against a 1 in 200 year flood.
The significant floods of February 2004 and January 2005
were assessed as being approximately 1 in 25-year events.
Having looked at a number of possible
options the scheme being taken forward involves work to
improve defences in Llanrwst, a new embankment to protect
properties in Trefriw, and modifications to existing earth
floodbanks that protect farmland in the valley.
One result of the proposal would be
that this farmland will flood more frequently in future
and further work will now take place to see how this impact
can be managed. The Agency will work closely with all
those affected by the proposal as it develops.
Meic Davies, the Agency’s Flood Risk
Manager, who chaired last week’s meeting of the Dyffryn
Conwy Flood Partnership Group said: " The Partnership
welcomes the progress made so far on this scheme. All
the members are determined to see improved defences for
Trefriw and Llanrwst and the level of co-operation between
all those involved has been tremendous. We will all be
working hard now to make sure that we have a successful
scheme in place as soon as possible. A public exhibition
explaining the proposals will take place in February.
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