SUNDERLAND POINT
FLOOD RESILIENCE
•Ged McAllister
•Lancaster City Council
Road Access
Not your normal traffic problem
FLOODING HISTORY
DRY TIMES
PILOT OPPORTUNITY
•LANCASTER CITY AND EA WELL
VERSED IN PROBLEM
•LOCALS ENJOY THE SUPPORT OF
LOCAL MP
•NORMAL FLOOD MANAGEMENT
TECHNIQUES TOO EXPENSIVE
•ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRAINTS LIMIT
SCOPE OF WORK
FLOOD RISK
MANAGEMENT FORUM
•LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL
•EA
•LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
•NATURAL ENGLAND
•RSPB
•EMERGENCY SERVICES
•RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
FLOODING SUBGROUP
•LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL
•EA
•RESIDENTS REPRESENTATIVES
•FREQUENT MEETINGS TO DEVELOP
OPTIONS AND STRATEGY
PROBLEMS
•SELF HELP AND HEATH ROBINSON
•PERSUASION REQUIRED TO ADOPT A
MORE PROFESSIONAL AND
SUSTAINABLE APPROACH
•THIS TOOK SOME TIME!
SOLUTIONS CHOSEN
1.ROBUST DURABLE DOOR PROTECTION
2.ADDITIONAL GATES BETWEEN PROPERTIES TO
PREVENT ATTACK FROM THE BACK
3.REPAIRS TO VARIOUS TIDE FLAPS
4.BESPOKE COVERS TO AIR BRICKS
GATES
GATES
DOORS
DOORS
DOORS
AIRBRICK COVER
PROCUREMENT
•INITIALLY INTENDED FOR THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION TO
ORDER THE WORKS
•THIS WAS NOT PRACTICABLE WITH THE AMOUNTS
INVOLVED
•IT WAS DECIDED THAT LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL WOULD
PLACE ALL THE ORDERS
•GRANT FORMS GAVE AUTHORITY TO LANCASTER TO ACT
ON THEIR BEHALF
LESSONS LEARNED
•IT TAKES TIME AND PATIENCE TO GET THE COMMUNITY ON
BOARD
•IF LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES THEY MAY NOT MAKE THE
BEST CHOICE
•COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP IS IMPORTANT FOR THE LONG
TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SOLUTION
•INSTALLATION IS BETTER CARRIED OUT BY THE SPECIALIST
CONCLUSION
•THERE WAS A FULL UPTAKE AND 30 PROPERTIES HAD
THEIR FLOOD RESILIENCE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED
•THE COMMUNITY HAS DRAWN MORE TIGHTLY TOGETHER IN
A FORMALISED STRUCTURE
•RESISTANCE TO A FLOOD IS THE PREFER SOLUTION PRIOR
TO FLOODING
A FEW QUESTIONS
•IF A GRANT SYSTEM IS INTRODUCE WILL THE INDUSTRY
HAVE THE CAPACITY?
•WHO WILL PROVIDE THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO HOME
OWNERS DECIDING BETWEEN PRODUCTS?
•WHAT WILL BE THE CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING FOR A
GRANT AND WHO WILL MAKE THE DECISION?
WHY PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE AT
SUNDERLAND POINT