[Cross-Post] Shirebrook and Worksop to get £25 million of government funding for natural flood management

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Dozens of projects designed to harness natural solutions including tree planting and the creation of wetland habitats to reduce flood risk — including a scheme where Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust will work with partners including the Environment Agency and Nottinghamshire County Council — to reduce flooding in the Shirebrook and Worksop area, are set to benefit from £25 million of government funding following an announcement by Floods Minister Robbie Moore last week, writes Erin McDaid of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust.

This programme forms part of the Government’s commitment to increasing flood resilience across the country by investing in natural flood management processes which either protect, restore, or in some cases mimic, natural functions within floodplains and river catchments, and along our coast, to slow the passage of water and store water away from sensitive areas.

The funding has been awarded to projects led by councils, charities and community groups and locally, as well as our project to develop Natural Flood Management (NFM) along the River Ryton in North Notts, a Nottinghamshire County Council project in Cropwell Butler has also been given the green light.

Original Title: Major investment in flood management in Nottinghamshire welcomed by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust