The Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) has published new guides to help communities maintain drainage, watercourses, and flood defences. It provides a starting point for communities and risk management authorities to work together to maintain local assets and reduce flood risk.
The outputs include:
C821a - Taking action.
Reducing the risk of flooding for your community by maintaining drainage, watercourses and flood defences.
C821b - Risk management authorities' guide to supporting community maintenance
This was produced for risk management authorities. It describes the benefits of a positive collaboration with local groups to sustain flood risk assets.
C821c - Briefing note for policy and strating staff: enabling and supporting communities in voluntary maintenance of flood assets.
This is a short briefing note created for strategy/policy staff, which traces a line through existing policies involving community groups in maintaining flood risk assets.
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The project was part-funded by the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and supported by staff in the Environment Agency’s FCRM Directorate.
The outputs are available for free on CIRIA’s website: Enabling community maintenance for local flood risk management C821F