Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski has lead a delegation of the River Severn Partnership MPs to meet the Chancellor and ask for a further £500 million to help develop a more proactive solution to the perennial flooding issues blighting all towns along the length of the Severn.
We are very lucky here in Shrewsbury that we are having further protection works to mitigate some of the damage caused by the annual flood season.
The first project, costing £900,000, centres around the Rea Brook, which flows from Marton Pool past Minsterley, Pontesbury, Hanwood and Bayston Hill to its confluence with the River Severn in the centre of Shrewsbury at Coleham Head.
It will involve the construction of 200 leaky dams, four hectares of woodland creation, 1.5km of hedgerow planting, creation of at least 35 water storage features such as ponds, scrapes and swales to increase capacity during storm events, and installation of rainwater harvesting systems on farms.
The second project, costing £800,000 focuses on the re-wetting of peatlands around the River Perry, which flows from Hengoed, near Oswestry, to its confluence with the Severn two kilometres downstream from Montford Bridge.
Both of these projects will make a significant difference to the volume of water flowing through Shrewsbury during and immediately after a storm and have the added advantage of being great for the environment across the whole of Shropshire.
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