Flood gates to be installed on River Irwell to help protect homes from '1-in-100 year' catastrophe
Plans have been lodged to install flood gates on the River Irwell to provide protection to thousands of homes and businesses in Radcliffe. The Hardy’s Gate Bridge flood gates in Radcliffe would be designed to reduce the risk of a repeat of the extreme floods of Boxing Day in 2015 if approved.
More than 700 homes and businesses were affected as well as critical infrastructure such as substations, which caused further electrical failures to around 1,500 properties. The nearby waste water treatment plant was also overwhelmed by the rain and also polluted the flood-water. "The two flood gates will extend across Dumers Lane to secure the bridge if an extreme flood event were to occur. Each flood gate has been devised to achieve minimum level of 69.85m based on the likelihood of 1-in-100-year event, with an additional allowance of 50 per cent for influence of the climate change.”
If approved, the construction of each flood gate will take place within the hours of 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday and will take approximately four weeks to complete. The planning document said it had been assumed that the installation of each flood gate will be accomplished with one-lane closure on Dumers Lane.
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