Calderdale flood fund set for £3 million boost

Calderdale Council is marking the six month anniversary of the devastating Boxing Day floods by announcing plans for a further £3million boost to the recovery and resilience programme.

Councillors will discuss a number of proposals to distribute the £3m fund at a meeting next week. They include:

Investing in flood prevention – including proposals for a number of specific investments to help prevent future flooding and develop schemes for natural flood management.

Boosting business – including grant funding, business support activity and funding for local business networks to enable them to set up their own support programme.

Supporting people and communities – including proposals to appoint additional Community Liaison Officers to provide extra help in the hardest hit areas. Cabinet will also consider plans to invest in incident management systems such as additional CCTV at key flood danger points, and also funding to help restock flood groups.

Helping households –including continued support for household flood grants by providing additional staff to speed up grant processing and advice

Extra support within the Council – including appointing extra staff for the flood team.

The latest figures show that almost 2000 homes were flooded and over 1000 businesses.