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6th August

SEPA looking to hear views on flood risks

By William Brown Reporter

Residents and businesses are being asked to help shape efforts to prevent flooding.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has teamed up with council chiefs to seek views on how flood risk should be managed in areas susceptible to problems caused by heavy rain.

Various actions to help tackle flooding in areas identified as being at the greatest risk are detailed in the joint consultation, with local residents and businesses asked to have their say before the deadline of October 31.

All responses received by that date will be considered before SEPA publishes a flood risk management plan for the area.

A spokesman for SEPA said: “Flooding is a real threat to people and property. We are urging everyone affected by flooding, whether it be their home, their local community or regular travel routes, to take part in this important consultation, which will help to shape how we cope with and manage flooding in the future.

“This helps us establish where our co-ordinated effort is most urgently needed.”

To give your views, visit SEPA.

consultation.sepa.org.uk/evidence-and-flooding/frmplans/