Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of City Development presenting for approval the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme Design Guide and Vision.

The Chief Highways Officer submitted a report presenting for comment the latest version of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme Design Vision and Guide and seeking authorisation for the document’s use in joint public consultations which would be undertaken in conjunction with the Environment Agency (EA) in Spring 2009.

The report was accompanied by a joint presentation from the Chief Highways Officer and Martin Slater of the Environment Agency outlining the key issues to the Board.

RESOLVED –

(i)  That the progress made on a Flood Alleviation Scheme for Leeds be noted;

(ii)  That the latest version of the Design Vision and Guide for the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme be noted;

(iii)  That the continuing development and refinement of the Design Vision and Guide document be approved and that participation in a comprehensive public consultation exercise to be undertaken in conjunction with the Environment Agency in Spring 2009 be approved;

(iv)  That the Environment Agency be requested to continue exploring the feasibility of a hybrid flood defence scheme for Leeds, comprising upstream storage facilities within the scheme, in order to lower the height of the raised ‘flood defences’ in the City Centre.