Rhondda Cynon Taf council said it would meet with residents “to consider potential options”.<\/p>\n
“Nothing is off the table, including acquisition of properties where necessary, and we will consult with impacted residents on all future options,” a spokesperson for the council added.<\/p>\n
NRW said the topography of the area near the river “presents a challenging risk” and said that during extreme rainfall “flooding can happen rapidly and to significant depths”.<\/p>\n
It said the proposed flood defence wall would need to vary along its length between 3.5m and 4.5m (11ft 6in and 14ft 9in) above the road to provide a good level of protection. <\/p>\n
NRW said that purchasing the most at risk properties was found “not to be cost-effective to be eligible to receive Flood Defence Grant in aid funding from the Welsh government”.<\/p>\n
It said it was “committed to working with the community, the local authority and other partners” to find other solutions. <\/p>\n
David Letellier, Head of Operations South Wales Central for NRW, said: “We know how deeply flood risk affects people’s lives and wellbeing, and we understand this will be disappointing news for residents.<\/p>\n
“This was a thorough assessment of what’s possible in Ynysybwl, and although we cannot take forward a major scheme at this time, we are not walking away.<\/p>\n
“We remain committed to working with the community, the local authority and other partners to explore what else can be done to manage the risk and support residents.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rhondda Cynon Taf council said it would meet with residents “to consider potential options”. “Nothing is off the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-217434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114752925545721488","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}