Award win for efforts to ensure Don flows quieter through town

A FLOOD alleviation project in Rotherham, which cost £15m to protect a one-mile section of the River Don, has won the first national award of its kind.
By The Newsroom
Published 30th Mar 2010, 01:16 BST
Updated 30th Mar 2010, 01:17 BST

The scheme, between Templeborough and the town centre, has won the

Flood Risk Management Award at this year's Waterways Renaissance Awards, run by The Waterways Trust and BURA – the British Urban Regeneration Association.

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Both the flood alleviation scheme and the Centenary Riverside wetland park in Templeborough, an aquatic nature reserve beside the Don, were also commended in the Natural Environment category of the awards.

Rotherham Council's cabinet member for economic development, planning and transportation, Councillor Gerald Smith, collected the award at the ceremony in Manchester.

He said: "This is a significant piece of work within the 2bn Rotherham Renaissance programme for our town centre – an acknowledgement of the sound approach that the team have taken to resolving the need to live with the river."

The flood prevention scheme has also involved removing the Grade II-listed Old River Don Bridge, in a bid to reduce high river water levels in the town centre by between 670mm and 450mm.

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