AQW 2380/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 29/06/2022
Answered On Date: 11/07/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any flood risk reports provided to the Department relating to the Glen River, at the culvert located near the junction of Belfast Road and Manse Road, Newtownards, in the last 10 years including allocated flood numbers; (ii) what flood remediation works have been carried out at this location; and (iii) what correspondence there has been from the Department to the Drainage Council in relation to flood risk.

Answer:

My Department has not been provided with any flood risk reports within the last 10 years in relation to the Glen River, in proximity to the junction of the Belfast Road and Manse Road in Newtownards.

There are four watercourses, designated under the terms of the Drainage (NI) Oder 1973, located within this general location. Whilst, my Department has not carried out any flood remediation works at this location it undertakes routine inspection and maintenance of these watercourses and their associated infrastructure.