A delivery plan to make Wales more resilient to coastal flooding has been officially launched by Natural Resources Wales (NRW).
Since the devastating storms that hit communities along the coast of Wales 12 months ago the priority has been to repair and restore defenses damaged in the storms.
The delivery plan issued yesterday outlines how the 47 recommendations made by NRW in April 2014, following an in-depth review into the impacts of last winter’s flooding, are being implemented. It details progress to-date and what more needs to be done, by all the organisations involved.
Five of the actions have already been completed with work on another 35 well under way, including:
Work on the remaining seven recommendations will begin in January 2015.
Jeremy Parr, Head of Flood Risk Management for NRW , said: “ The aim of this delivery plan is to make further improvements to the support to communities before, during and after a flood, working together with local authorities, the Welsh Government, emergency services and responders and with communities. ”
The delivery plan focuses on six areas: Sustained investment in coastal risk management, Improved information on coastal flood defense systems, Greater clarity of roles and responsibilities of agencies and authorities, Assessment of skills and capacity, More support to communities to become more resilient, Delivery of locally developed plans for coastal communities.
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