Talks on £4m plans to stop floods

Multi-million pound plans to stop homes flooding in Albrighton are to be unveiled to residents tonight. Dozens of homes in the village near Cosford were hit by severe floods last year.

Residents were expected to pack out the meeting, as they have been calling for changes to be made since the flooding ruined their homes in July last year.

Bosses from Severn Trent Water will show how they plan to spend £4 million in the village, in a bid to stop the properties going under water again, at the Red House at 7pm.

Mark Pritchard, Wrekin MP, said it was vital that changes were made so there was no repeat of last year's "devastation".

The money is to be spent on surface water pipes, foul water sewage systems and other changes as part of the multi-million pound scheme.

There are also proposals to clear debris from a nature reserve area to help water run off and to change an overflow system that sent sewage into a nature reserve.

Residents living in Newport Road, Woodland Close, Barclay Close, Windsor Road, Loak Road, Fairlawn and Bushnell Road were the worst affected during July last year.

When rain fell again two months ago residents feared their homes could be washed out again.

On the one year anniversary of the flash floods residents held a meeting to review progress on moves to prevent it happening again.

Some residents felt that work had not been done quickly enough.