River levels continuing to fall in York but still a lot of flood water at Naburn and further south
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Flood warnings in York. River levels stabilising. Busy, busy, busy!
The city and its attractions are operating normally.
There are a lot of visitors so car parking spaces are at a premium. Best option is park and ride
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Ouse very high today
The level of the Ouse at Naburn has reached reached the highest level seen this autumn
The forecast is that the level will stabilise before beginning to fall
Flooding expected in York
Latest 0820 hours Tuesday
River levels are falling but more rain is expected today
0922 hours Sunday
River levels are expected to fall today
A lot of tree detritus coming down the Ouse now
Two flood alerts now in operation
River Ouse forecast levels at Viking recorder
Further details on other river and beck levels can be found here
Details of which paths are flooded can be found here
Two flood warnings in place in York
Flood warnings are in place in Yoerk following heavy run followed by melting snow.
Details can be found through the following links
- River Ouse at Naburn LockUpdated 2:31pm on 14 March 2023
- River Ouse at York – riverside propertiesUpdated 2:29pm on 14 March 2023
Flood prevention works programme update report published
The York Council will be considering an update report next week which details the progress being made in making the City more resilient to flooding.
Details of Fulford flood relief scheme published
A planning application has been submitted which would see a new pumping station constructed near Germany Beck in Fulford.
The scheme is aimed at eliminating flooding in the A19 Selby Road/Fordlands Road area
Flood alleviation scheme comprising a pumping station and associated inlet structure, control kiosk, access track and parking area; culvert under Selby Road; outfall structure and floodwall alignment and penstock across Germany Beck.
Two earth flood embankments, and a temporary construction compound and tree works within the Fulford Conservation Area complete the scheme
If the planning application is approved, work could start later in the year.
Major flood alleviation plans submitted for St Georges Field car park area
A planning application has been submitted which would see flood mitigation measures introduced at St Georges Field Car Park and Tower Street.
The works do not appear to be designed to prevent flooding of the car park itself
The proposals from the Environment Agency include
- a new flood defence wall from car park to tie into abutment wall of Skeldergate Bridge,
- the strengthening of the abutment walls of the bridge,
- the raising and strengthening of existing walls attached to the pumping station,
- the raising of the access ramp into the car park and
- the installation of support post to bridge masonry wall to enable deployment of temporary flood barrier across Tower Street | St Georges Field Car Park Tower Street York
Further details of the plan s can be read by clicking here
Part of the Tower Street scheme involves installing the framework on each side of the road and the strengthening of existing abutment walls which form part of the Grade II Listed Skeldergate Bridge.
This is to allow the deployment of a demountable flood relief barrier across Tower Street when necessary.
This is to prevent water from the Ouse flowing across Tower Street and entering the Foss Basin.
This has historically been done by constructing a temporary sandbag wall across the road between Tower Gardens and the Courthouse building.
The proposal would provide a more formal, robust and higher level of flood protection
Water supply update
Yorkshire Water are saying that reservoir levels have now reached 92% of the level seen at this time last year. According to the Yorkshire Water website reservoirs are now at 73% of their capacity (actually slightly lower than was seen in November)
This appears to be the result of a small increase in demand. It is unclear what effect the many bursts and leaks seen after the recent cold spell may have had.
Yorkshire Water eased their hosepipe ban on 6th December
All this will come as something of a surprise to York residents who are witnessing the usual flooding on the plains near the river Ouse
“the biggest, and most ambitious, change to our flood risk management strategies ever seen” – York Council claim.
A report being discussed later this week makes some bold claims about a flood prevention programme that will be implemented over the next few years.
Rather than building bigger and bigger flood defences in the city, the plan involves controlling water “run off” in the upland areas which feed the River Ouse..
The River Ouse drains the 3,500km2 catchment of the rivers Swale, Ure and Nidd, which merge upstream of York. The catchment includes a wide range of land use types including the protected uplands in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (including peat bogs, moor and grazing land) and the
lower-lying Vale of York (where arable farming predominates)
The “Natural flood management” concept is nothing new. The resources that may be put into the project may well be. The total project value in the business case is £5.9m, (including a contingency of £1.3m).
The report says, ” Catchment-scale approaches to managing flood risk involve working with a large number of stakeholders. Project partners are leading existing work in the catchment which can help manage water runoff, including peat bog restoration, tree planting and farming and land management changes”.
The first stage of the project will involve detailed computer modelling to “better understand” how land management changes in the catchment could affect flood risk
downstream.
A programme of natural flood management projects will then be drawn up which will directly benefit communities in North Yorkshire and cumulatively benefit areas downstream including York.
There will be extensive consultation with land owners and affected partner organisations
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