£7.5m River Aire flood project starts

REPAIRS to the flood banks of the River Aire in East Yorkshire are currently underway by the Environment Agency.

Work is ongoing at Carlton near Goole as well as West Haddlesey to repair damage from the Christmas floods and strengthen banks as part of a £7.5m package.

Further works to reinforce the bank at Temple Hirst are scheduled to start in September.

Lee Riley-Thompson, project manager at the Environment Agency said: “The steel sheet piles we are using will be driven as far as possible into the ground, which is a quieter technique we use to minimise any disruption.

“Due to the nature of the ground some hammering will be required however none of these works are in close proximity to local residents and therefore noise should not be an issue. These works are part of our aim to get all our defences back to standard for the winter season.