School SuDS work finished by Preston & South Ribble flood scheme
Working to reduce flood risk by temporarily storing rainwater; reducing its flow and surface water runoff. Three primary schools have benefited.
St. Leonard's Primary School. Environment Agency.
The Preston and South Ribble Flood Risk Management Scheme (P&SR FRMS) has worked with three local primary schools to improve surface water drainage in playgrounds.
The P&SR FRMS has delivered a trio of schemes, worth tens-of-thousands-of-pounds, installing features of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) wherever possible.
SuDS help reduce flood risk by temporarily storing rainwater during storms and reducing the flow and reducing surface water run-off.
The beneficiaries are:
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Frenchwood Community Primary School, Preston
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St. Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Primary School, Penwortham
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St. Leonard’s Primary School, Walton-le-Dale
St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School. Environment Agency.
One of Many Community Benefits
Items installed include: permeable surfacing; water storage butts; living roof gazebo; rainwater planters; trees and more.
A number of other community benefits are being delivered by the Preston & South Ribble Flood Risk Management Scheme. These include planting more than 8,000 trees on the riverbank and Fishwick Bottoms and the creation of a small, insect-friendly wetland at Ribble Sidings. Last year, the relandscaped Broadgate Gardens were reopened.
Frenchwood Community Primary School. Environment Agency.
Construction of the P&SR FRMS began in 2022 and, when complete, thousands of properties will be better protected from flooding between Broadgate and Walton-le-Dale. Construction is expected to be completed in 2027.
For more information, head to the Scheme’s page on the Flood Hub
Enquiries about the scheme can be submitted via email to psr@environment-agency.gov.uk
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