Local politicians have welcomed the independent review into flooding announced by Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru. Heledd Fychan, Plaid Cymru MS for South Wales Central and Councillor Andrew Morgan, the Labour leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, have given their reaction to the review which is part of the co-operation agreement between the Labour Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru.
The independent review of flooding events across Wales during the winter of 2020-21 will be led by one of the UK’s leading barristers Elwen Evans QC with the aim of helping to ensure Wales learns from previous flooding events and embeds good practice for the future. The review will consider evidence from investigations carried out by councils and Natural Resources Wales, as well as other relevant reports.
Elwen Evans QC will look to establish key findings, shared concerns, lessons learned, successes and good practice and identify areas for improvement. Rhondda Cynon Taf in particular was devastated by floods especially during Storm Dennis in February 2020 and the council has released 13 section 19 reports which have identified the causes of flooding in specific areas of RCT and what the response of the authorities has been with another six reports due to come out.
