Sentence examples for flood scheme from inspiring English sources

"I am contacting the prime minister to urge him to meet with me and council officials to agree this project [the postponed Kendal flood scheme] ASAP".

Flood Re, a not-for-profit flood scheme reporting to parliament, will be behind a fund providing payouts on properties insurers are unwilling to cover.

"It's really tragic for this community because they actually have a flood scheme that is about to start which would protect a lot of homes in Morpeth," he said.

Most flood schemes need to prevent £8 of damage for every £1 spent to go ahead.

When the playing fields of Eton were flooded in 2014, money was no object, but it was when crucial flood schemes were cut in the north from 2010.

In the coming weeks the government must look again at flood schemes across the country to make sure they are fit for purpose.

It has also sought to kick start new flood schemes by inviting partnerships with local developers or councils, although critics argue that with little money to spare there are few willing takers.

The Environment Agency said it was making "record levels of investment" in flood schemes.

"With flood schemes they have to prove what the benefits will be and that's very hard.

"We have to make sure that the flood schemes we build are a good use of taxpayers' money and are effective in protecting the houses that they seek to defend," he said.

However, the pure flooding scheme implies the huge network overhead due to the message explosion.