Flood recovery - six months on

Exactly six months after the floods hit Cumbria, the recovery effort is continuing, with a multi-agency operation ongoing to restore the county and get the lives of flood-affected people back to normal.

The recovery effort, which has been led by Cumbria County Council and has involved over 50 different organisations and agencies, has achieved a huge amount in the last six months. The county is very much open for business and the tourism industry is now showing encouraging visitor numbers and income. Half a year after the floods is a suitable time to take stock of what’s been achieved, what still needs to be done and to outline some of the early lessons learned from the floods.

A comprehensive list of recovery achievements one month on from the floods - such as building the Barker Crossing footbridge and the temporary rail station north of the river in Workington, as well setting up flood support centres and dealing with the huge volumes of waste material caused by the floods – can be viewed at:

http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/floods/onemonthon/default.asp 

Six months after November 19th 2009, a fuller picture emerged of exactly what has been achieved since then in the four main recovery areas of infrastructure, environment, business & economy and welfare.