Department doing ‘as much as it can’ to prepare for potential future flooding in NI
Stormont’s Department for Infrastructure is “doing as much as it can ” to prepare for potential future flooding this winter.
Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins made the comment as she observed a large-scale training exercise with flood defences being erected in central Belfast as they would be in the event of a tidal surge.
She said the £33 million (€38.2 million) investment will protect 3,000 homes and businesses in central Belfast from flooding, but acknowledged resources could be spread thin in the event of multiple incidents across Northern Ireland.
The exercise on Wednesday saw the installation and dismantling of approximately 1,500 metres of temporary flood defences, planned to be used as part of the Belfast Tidal Схема за понижаване на наводненията, по крайбрежията и тегленето на река Лаган от Странмилис до пристанището на Белфаст.
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