Setting Dyke

View article Appleton Primary pupils plant hedges as part of Setting Dyke flood resilience scheme

Appleton Primary pupils plant hedges as part of Setting Dyke flood resilience scheme

Children from Appleton Primary School spent a morning planting hedges and learning of the benefits of Hull City Council’s Setting Dyke Catchment Improvement Scheme. The pupils were given expert talks from the council’s flood resilience team before planting hedges which will help to protect the new natural flood management feature. The youngsters also learnt about […]

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View article Flood resilience scheme underway at Setting Dyke

Flood resilience scheme underway at Setting Dyke

Works will begin today, Monday 11 November, on the first phase of the construction of habitat and a flood storage feature within a west Hull watercourse channel, to improve flood defences in the area. Setting Dyke Catchment Improvement Scheme, based at Setting Dyke, which carries water from agricultural land in the East Riding, a storage […]

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View article More than 50 trolleys removed from Hull watercourses amid flooding concerns

More than 50 trolleys removed from Hull watercourses amid flooding concerns

Hull City Council is urging residents to ensure that they dispose of rubbish in the correct manner amid a flood risk after a shocking amount of litter was collected from Hull’s watercourses. As part of Hull’s Dynamic Drains project with the Environment Agency, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Groundworks, more than 50 shopping trolleys and hundreds […]

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