Jackson Civils starts £26m flood storage reservoir

The Lowdham Cocker Beck Flood Alleviation Scheme will contain chopping into an embankment of the Cocker Beck and utilizing compacted soil and ultra-low carbon concrete to create a raised reservoir.

It’s anticipated to be accomplished in spring 2026 and as soon as constructed will present practically £50m value of advantages to the village and the native economic system.

The flood storage space is being constructed upstream of the village will have the ability to maintain as much as 100,000 cubic meters of water in occasions when the Cocker Beck, a tributary of the River Trent, floods, holding water again from inundating the village.

Lowdham has a protracted historical past of frequent floods, most lately in 1999, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2019 and in 2020 inflicting misery to residents and vital harm to properties and possessions.