Work to identify flooding hot-spots across Allerdale is already beginning to bear fruit.
Cumbria County Council's Local Committee for Allerdale has committed more than £45,000 to help cure flooding problems with the help of a multi-agency working group.
The working group, which has been drawn together by the county council, has now identified 44 flood sites, 13 of which make have been identifed as high priorities.
Work by the county council to alleviate flooding at one of the 13 sites - High Sands Lane in Cockermouth - has already been completed and another another scheme - at Low Wood Nook in Mealsgate - is already underway and will be completed next week.
The multi-agency working group is made up of Cumbria Highways, Allerdale council, United Utilities and the Environment Agency. The task of tackling individual flooding problems often requires a combination of some or all these organisations.
Councillor Tony Markley, chairman of the county council's Local Committee for Allerdale, said: "The task of identifying and prioritising flooding hotspots in Allerdale is already beginning to pay dividends.
"By bringing these organisations together, the county council hopes solutions to these problems can be found quicker. In addition to the schemes already in hand, more work is now planned to investigate the cause of flooding at other sites."
Following the work at High Sands Lane and Low Wood Nook, the remaining priority trouble-spots will be: Waterloo Street in Cockermouth, Cat Gill Culvert in Flimby, Main Street in Greysouthen, Burnside in Harrington, High Road and Church road in Lorton, Low Lorton, Low Wood Nook in Mealsgate, Bridgefoot ans parts of Keswick, including Chestnut Hill, The Hawthorns, the road to Castlerigg, Station Road and Windebrowe Avenue.
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