A £10M flood-defence scheme is due to open in St Ives in Cornwall this week.
The event marks the end of four years’ work by the Environment Agency and its contractor on the scheme, Carillion.
The popular Cornish resort has suffered serious flooding in the past, with 10 separate events recorded in the last 20 years alone.
The project has seen the capacity of the Stennack River increased with new and restored flood walls. New culverts have been constructed and existing culverts relined and improved. The scheme also included the reinforcement of concrete flood walls and construction of storm sewers. Trash screens have been installed to reduce the amount of debris getting into the river, where it can block culverts and cause flooding.
In the town centre, cross drains have been installed to catch rainwater as it runs down the hill and divert it into culverts. This is the first time the agency has used this technology on a UK flood
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