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WORK is to start next month on Otley's flood alleviation scheme. Construction was due to begin shortly after the proposals were approved in March last year but the scheme had been set back by lockdown. Leeds City Council said last year it was hoping to begin engineering work in October 2020 but then the start date was delayed again until 2021. Now councillors have been told construction will begin on Monday, March 8. The project, which is a major part of Otley's £3.3 million flood defence scheme, involves a flood defence embankment running parallel with Billams Hill and the managem...

WORK is to start next month on Otley's flood alleviation scheme. Construction was due to begin shortly after the proposals were approved in March last year but the scheme had been set back by lockdown. Leeds City Council said last year it was hoping to begin engineering work in October 2020 but then the start date was delayed again until 2021. Now councillors have been told construction will begin on Monday, March 8. The project, which is a major part of Otley's £3.3 million flood defence scheme, involves a flood defence embankment running parallel with Billams Hill and the managem...