Flood Control: Roads
Commons · Question 111883 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Sarah Dyke
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the relative cost benefit of attenuation ponds compared with repeated flood damage to (a) properties, (b) infrastructure and (c) agricultural land.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 13 Feb 2026
Attenuation ponds are deployed by Risk Management Authorities as a flood alleviation measure; they are determined by a range of factors including cost to benefit ratio and the standard of protection that can be achieved. In recent years, the highway secto...