Flood defence work to be completed by 2026

Water storage areas will be created in Whinney Hill Park and Wellholme Park

Work to protect more than 400 properties in a West Yorkshire town badly-hit by flooding in recent years is due to finish in 2026, the Environment Agency has said.

The £19m scheme will see water storage areas created in Wellholme Park and Whinney Hill park in Brighouse.

Construction has already begun at Wellholme Park, where two new weirs have been built next to Clifton Beck with three new pedestrian bridges to follow.

Environment Agency officer Jo Arnold told Calderdale Flood Recovery and Resilience Programme Board that work at Whinney Hill Park is expected to start soon.

The work started at Wellholme Park in February

Drainage work on the River Calder has already been completed, she said.

People living in Brighouse are being warned construction traffic will increase in coming months as clay is imported and soil exported as part of the project

Work on the whole scheme will include repair and renewal of existing flood defences, installation of new riverside defences and park flood water storage areas, culvert improvements and improvements to surface water drainage.

The work started in February, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) said.

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