Preparing your authority for a citizens’ assembly
Graham Smith, professor of politics at the University of Westminster, looks at how citizens’ assemblies should work with local authorities.
Work on Brighton rainscape gets under way
28/06/2024 Preparation work for a rainscape wetland area at a nature reserve near Brighton got under way this week. |
Devon CC to invest £12m in pothole and drainage works
13/05/2024 A new multi-million-pound investment in repairing potholes and boosting road drainage has been agreed by Devon council members. |
600,000 properties face flooding risk
29/11/2022 An estimated 600,000 properties face flooding in the near future without action to reduce urban runoff and improve drainage systems, research warns. |
A more holistic approach to tackling flood risk
21/11/2019 The only way to mitigate against flooding effectively is to understand how the whole, complex system works – not by making rules one development at a time, as Nick Fraser explains. |
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A thirst for water management
09/08/2018 Neill Robinson-Welsh explains how ‘smart’ non-potable water technology can simultaneously help mitigate flood and water stress. |
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UK’s first ‘drainspotter’ leaves gnomes as calling cards
19/10/2016 A Cornwall resident has photographed thousands of blocked drains in an attempt to prompt councillors into taking urgent action to unblock them. |
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Misconceptions over water maintenance funding need ‘debunking’, says association
05/08/2016 Clearer guidance needed on how to separate special water level management levy from councils’ annual budgets, drainage association says. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
