Flooding in Shrewsbury - My Latest Question to Minister

Flooding

Daniel Kawczynski Conservative, Shrewsbury and Atcham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will provide additional funding to help tackle flooding in Shrewsbury.

Photo of Rebecca PowRebecca Pow The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Significant investment in flood risk mitigation is taking place in Shrewsbury and the wider Severn Valley. Flood defence schemes in the Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency and wider surrounding areas are already benefitting from around £20 million of funding for several schemes, including the Severn Valley Water Management Scheme upstream of Shrewsbury. Across the English Severn and Wye region, around £170 million will be invested in flood and coastal erosion risk management from 2021 to 2027.

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