New Community Resilience Award honours Somerset volunteers
A support group founder and a village community group are the first two winners of the new Somerset Community Resilience Award, launched in 2022 to celebrate Somerset volunteers who make a difference locally.
Flood works completed along A359 at Marston Magna
Works to reduce flood risks for drivers on the A359 through Marston Magna, and village properties, finished one week ahead of schedule on 28 October 2022. Somerset County Council's Highways department made various important repairs and improvements, following on from research into local flooding problems done for Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA).
Go-ahead for Somerset dredging and drainage works
Extra funding for three projects to reduce local flood risks has been approved by the Board of Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA). Members acted to ensure that maintenance dredging along the River Parrett, and works on culverts and other features in Rode and Beckington, could go ahead in the next few weeks and months.
£4.2 million scheme to extend life of Dunball Sluice
Work has begun on a £4.2 million refurbishment of Dunball Sluice north of Bridgwater, one of the Environment Agency’s most important tidal defence assets. Improvements are due to be completed by 2024. They are largely being funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), with Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) contributing an additional £650,000 as part of its mission to give Somerset greater flood protection.
Who are your Somerset community champions?
A new award has been launched to honour people in Somerset who have made their communities more resilient. If you live in Somerset, and you know of groups or individuals who have made a difference where you live, nominate them by 30 September 2022. The award ceremony will be held on 13 October at the 2022 Somerset Community Resilience Day in West Monkton.
Somerset Rivers Authority Annual Report 2021-22
The Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) Annual Report 2021-22 covers dozens of activities funded by the SRA between the start of April 2021 and the end of March 2022. During that time, the SRA spent £2.831 million on extra flood protection and resilience works across Somerset.