The Council will shortly begin work to repair and upgrade existing drainage infrastructure in the first phase of the Treorchy Flood Alleviation Scheme, being developed alongside Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government.
An initial phase of work will begin on Monday, July 11, on both Council and privately-owned land just south of Treorchy Cemetery. It will include essential maintenance and upgrades to the existing ordinary watercourse assets in and around the top end of Cemetery Road – including work at Woodland Vale.
Specific work up until autumn 2022 will include headwall upgrades, culvert lining and repairs, scour repairs, open channel reconstruction and access improvements for future maintenance. Residents and landowners will shortly receive a letter which provides further information about the upcoming work. Overall disruption is expected to minimal for this initial phase of the scheme.
The work will increase the network’s efficiency in the short to medium term, while the Council develops an Outline Business Case for the wider scheme.
Phase one of the Treorchy scheme is being funded by Welsh Government’s Flood Alleviation (Major Projects) grant, along with a Council contribution.
Councillor Andrew Morgan OBE, Leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Investment, said: “Work will begin next week on phase one of the Treorchy Flood Alleviation Scheme, to deliver a series of upgrades and repair works to the drainage assets towards the top end of Cemetery Road. This will increase the resilience of the existing infrastructure, to alleviate the risk of flooding during periods of heavy rainfall.
“The wider Flood Alleviation Scheme is being developed in partnership with Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government. The construction of phase one, and the detailed design and development of phase two, are both included in the Council’s £26.365m capital programme for Highways and Transportation in 2022/23, representing a key scheme being developed.
“Delivering targeted flood alleviation and drainage improvements right across the County Borough remains a priority for the Council, and we continue to pursue external funding to complement our own major investment in this area.
“In recent years, over £14m has been spent improving flood infrastructure and around £20m was spent on storm repairs. This financial year, more than £6.4m Welsh Government funding is secured for Storm Dennis works, along with around £3.9m for flood alleviation across the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management and Small Scale Works Grant programmes – in addition to £440,000 allocated to progress a further 10 Resilient Roads schemes.
“The upcoming phase one work in Treorchy, starting from July 11, is unlikely to cause much disruption to local residents. The Council will work hard to make good progress towards completion later this year, in order to deliver these flood alleviation improvements for the benefit of the local community.”
Posted on 08/07/2022