Benacre & Kessingland Flood Risk Management Project

Karen Thomas Project Manager

Water Management Alliance

On behalf of Waveney, Lower Yare and Lothingland

Internal Drainage Board

Lowestoft N

Courtesy of Mike Page

Courtesy of Mike Page

2016

Courtesy of Mike Page and Benacre Estates

2017

Breach Risk to Kessingland Levels

Alternative Flood Risk Management Options

What’s at Tidal Risk?

Circa 44 Homes Commercial businesses 600 acres + Agriculture Abstraction Tourism Recreation and Access Transport links (A12) Utilities (water, electric) Landscape Wildlife

SOUTH AREA 08/01/2019

SOUTH AREA 08/01/2019

NORTH AREA 08/01/2019

NORTH AREA 08/01/2019

Fluvial Flood Risk

Surface water flooding in Kessingland

Preferred alignments of potential new defences

Benacre flood defence options

Parkdean Resorts Alignment Options

Benacre Estates- Lothingland Valley set-back option

Economics studies

• Wider economic study from Mott MacDonalds

• Identifies £130M of wider economic benefits arising from an adaptive approach

• SCC Highways report estimated present value losses (PV Losses), accrued over a 50 years (2018 –2068), are £253,717,000 for the Do Nothing plus climate change scenario.

• Both reports will feed into economic appraisal in OBC

• Form basis of wider partnership funding ask for a scheme

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partnership approach

• Project Board supported by local Councillors and MP Peter Aldous

• Multi-agency project team

• Local leadership from Kessingland Parish Council

• 150 stakeholders attended initial drop-in Nov 2017

• Autumn 2019- update on latest information and likely preferred options

• Spring 2020- final rounds of engagement and OBC submission

Recent progress

From October 2018 • RFCC decision on Levy funding • WMA & Jacobs programme for 18 months OBC • Includes Parkdean Resorts costed options in the appraisal • Developing our stakeholder engagement approach and share evidence • Identify potential funding routes (funding framework) for the capital scheme

including private elements • Technical work to be developed over next 12 months- coastal change, ground

conditions, outline designs for defences and pump capacity • Develop a preferred option and engage local people Autumn 2019 and Spring 2020 • Submit Business Case June 2020

Opportunities & challenges

• Outside of the FDGIA Business Case- the project aims to deliver wider benefits and attract broader funding streams

• Opportunities for landscape scale adaptation

• Freshwater capture and storage for habitat enhancement and agriculture

• Fisheries, tourism and access can be enhanced

• Need to attract investors • £10-15M scheme

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