The BAM Nuttall and Mott MacDonald joint venture (BMMJV) has completed a £200m project to protect Leeds and surrounding areas from the risk of extreme flooding.
The decade-long Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme was carried out in two phases. During the first, completed in 2017, contractors built moveable weirs that could be raised and lowered to control river levels. It was the first time such technology had been used for flood defences in this way anywhere in the UK.
In the second phase, which began in 2019, BMMJV has created a new controlled flood storage area near to Calverley, the largest infrastructure element of the entire scheme.
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