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Divers to carry out survey of the River Ouse
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Published by David Dunning at 5:11pm 1st July 2020.
A team of five divers will be carrying out an underwater survey in the River Ouse (Thursday, 2 July).
The survey is part of the work of the Clementhorpe section of the York Flood Alleviation Scheme.
The divers will be inspecting the bank of the river from Skeldergate Bridge to the Roomzzz hotel. They will be accompanied by a boat and driver.
They will locating, identifying and cataloguing the various drainage outfalls into the river.
Victoria McCausland, of the Environment Agency, said:
“This survey will reduce the risk of environmental damage from grout entering the river when we install the underground grout curtain along Terry Avenue.”
The Clementhorpe section of the York Flood Alleviation Scheme runs from Skeldergate Bridge to Rowntree Park and will cost £7.7 million and better protect 135 properties from the risk of flooding from the River Ouse.
Planning permission for the section was granted on 11 June.
The Environment Agency says the aims is to start building the construction site compound and implement the traffic management plan in September, with work on the flood defences getting under way in October.
In total, the York Flood Alleviation Scheme will cost £45 million and better protect 2,000 properties across the city.
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