Walkden is set to benefit from nearly £1.75 million of funding to improve drainage.

Grant funding has come from United Utilities and the Environment Agency.

This funding will support the installation of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS), street trees, raingardens, and bioretention swales which will reduce the area’s risk of flooding.

It builds on insight from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority-led IGNITION project, which compiled evidence on how urban nature-based solutions can help build the city-region’s resilience to the impacts of climate change.

Cllr Mike McCusker, Lead Member for Planning, Transport and Sustainable Development at Salford City Council, said: “The formal acceptance of this money is all part of our Greenspace Strategy and will protect homes, businesses and the roads from flooding in both Walkden North and South.

“SuDS are drainage solutions that provide an alternative to the direct channelling of surface water through networks of pipes and sewers to nearby watercourses. This will reduce surface water flooding in the urban area. These measures will help to mitigate the effects of new development on surface water risk.

“I’d like to thank all out partners for this funding to help improve the local area for our residents.”

The funding for the project has come from:

Salford City Council capital programme and Section 106 monies - £226,913

United Utilities (UU) Green Recovery grant - £1,128,000

Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Green Spaces Fund - £40,000

Environment Agency grant - £350,729

IGNITION was a ground-breaking project that aimed to develop innovative financing solutions for investment in Greater Manchester’s natural environment, all to help increase the city region’s resilience against the increasingly extreme impacts of climate change.

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This project, backed by €4.5 million from the EU’s Urban Innovation Actions (UIA) initiative, brought together 12 partners from local government, universities, NGOs and business.

The IGNITION project developed a wide range of resources, evidence and tools to help businesses, local authorities, land owners, communities and others better understand and implement nature-based solutions.