£1.6m to be spent on tackling risk of flooding in Deepcar near Sheffield
The work will involve replacing a culvert in nearby woodland
Measures costing £1.6m will tackle the risk of flooding in Deepcar, Sheffield.
The work, funded mainly by £1.5m from the Environment Agency, will involve unblocking and replacing a culverted section of the Clough Dyke.
The spending plans were approved yesterday (October 21) at a meeting of Sheffield City Council’s finance and performance policy committee.
A report to the committee said: “Clough Dyke is an open watercourse that runs through woodland in Deepcar before entering a culverted section which has collapsed and become severely blocked.
“In periods of prolonged and/or intensive rainfall the water builds up behind the blockage, resulting in deep water in the woodland.
"When the build-up of water reaches a certain depth it over-tops its natural boundaries and spills out, causing flooding to nearby residential properties.”
The culverted section runs for approximately 120 metres in the vicinity of Fox Glen Road and Woodroyd Road.
Flooding in 2019 affected nine homes, and a previous council report which was discussed in June identified a further 35 homes that were potentially at risk. Pumping operations and other precautionary measures are costing £80,000 a year, councillors heard in June.
Problems have affected the woodland and nearby roads as well.
Coun Martin Phipps said: “It’s a bit of an invest to save on Clough Dyke because if we’re preventing flooding there it’s better for the area and the residents but it also means the council spending less money on the flooding, pumping it out, so hopefully we’ll see some improvements from a financial point of view there.”