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Banbury (Management Schemes (Flood defence scheme (2.9 km earth embankment…

- - - - Trees
      - Ponds
      - Hedgerows
  - - - Flood storage area
        
        860 m of A361 raised in flood storage area
        
        Improvements to drainage beneath road to prevent flooding
        
        2 flow control structures
        
        Controls rate of flow toward Banbury
        
        Excess water collects behind structures, filling up a reservoir
        
        Collects rainwater that would otherwise swell the river and cause it to burst it's banks
        
        3 million cubic metre of water capacity
        
        Located mainly on natural floodplain of River Cherwell
      - Maximum height of 4.5 m
- - - - Estimated benefits of £100 million
  - - - Environment Agency and Cherwell District Council were donors
- - - - Floods extended over much of central and western England
    - - £12.5 million in damages
      - Town railway station closed
      - Local roads shut
      - 150 homes and businesses affected