UPDATE: PROGRESS MADE ON MIRFIELD FLOOD MITIGATION SCHEMES
Mark Eastwood MP has welcomed the news that action is to be taken to prevent flooding in Mirfield and Ravensthorpe.Mark Eastwood MP has welcomed the news that action is to be taken to prevent flooding in Mirfield and Ravensthorpe.
Mr Eastwood and Mirfield Councillor Martyn Bolt have met with the Environment Agency to discuss flood mitigation in Mirfield and Ravensthorpe.
To ensure that the Environment Agency had the best possible understanding of flood risk in the area, Mr Eastwood last year appealed to residents to send him photos and videos of the 2020 Storm Ciara floods. These photos and videos were then given to the Environment Agency to aid them with their feasibility study into all matters relating to river flooding in Ravensthorpe and Mirfield.
Both Mr Eastwood and Cllr Bolt met with the Environment Agency recently and it was confirmed that the Agency has now done their feasibility study for flood mitigation and that work is going forward to develop schemes for flood mitigation. At present, it is hoped that schemes will commence as early as 2024.
The Environment Agency confirmed that schemes suggested by Mark Eastwood and Martyn Bolt, such as holding back floodwater outside Mirfield are already in their project planning.
Mark Eastwood MP said:
"I am pleased to see progress and look forward to working with residents, the Environment Agency and local businesses to bring this scheme to completion."
Cllr Martyn Bolt added:
"I'd like to thank Mark Eastwood MP for his continued support and I am pleased to see the progress the Environment Agency are making which promises to be of great benefit to the people of Mirfield."
