£700,000+ to increase community resilience in flood protection
Communities across Scotland will benefit from £713,000 in additional funding to improve flood protection. (Source: ScotGov)
This includes:
- £300,000 to support the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
- £180,000 to gather Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data which surveys terrain
- £33,000 in 2019/20 for the ‘Scottish Flood Forum’ to raise awareness of the importance of making flood resilient repairs and installing flood protection measures for property