Portadown Flood Alleviation Scheme | WEBINAR

Hosted by the CIWEM Northern Ireland branch

Event description

Portadown was identified as a Significant Flood Risk Area (SFRA) in the first cycle Flood Risk Management Plan 2015-2021 for the Neagh Bann Integrated River Basin District and subsequently as an Area of Potential Significant Flood Risk (APSFR) in the second cycle Northern Ireland Flood Risk Management Plan 2021-2027.

The town has suffered from historical flooding on a regular basis, particularly over the last 30-40 years. Significant flood events were recorded in 1986, 1987, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015/16 and 2024. The frequency and extent of these events are expected to increase with the effects of climate change.

Amey Consulting was commissioned by DfI Rivers to deliver a scheme that will reduce the impact of fluvial flooding from the River Bann and some of its tributaries on properties in the Portadown area in the event of a 1% Annual Exceedance Probability Flood with allowances for climate change as per the current departmental guidance.

The scheme has identified 21 sites within the study area with c.10km of flood defences consisting of flood walls, embankments, flood gates, demountable barriers, flood resilience and flap valves.

The presentation will review the flood risk, optioneering/scheme development and the construction delivery programme.

All CIWEM members and non-members are welcome to attend this webinar.

Part of the CIWEM Flood Adaption and Resilience series.

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Booking and joining information

This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM. The webinar is hosted on the Zoom platform and will be recorded.

Please register your place by clicking on the registration button. Non-members who have not registered for the CIWEM system can create an account on the booking page in order to reserve their place. This should not take more than two minutes.

If you have any questions about your booking or would like to cancel your attendance, please contact barbara.woods@ciwem.org.

Please note that registrations will close at 9:00am the day of the event. If you have not registered before that time, unfortunately we cannot add you to the event.

If you have any queries about this talk, please contact Paul Rocks at paul.rocks@jacopa.com