The risk of flooding is still a “key threat” to Leeds, and tens of millions of pounds worth of flood defence works will still be needed over the next five years.
That’s according to a report set to go before Leeds City Council chiefs this week, which identifies Otley in particular as an area “at high risk of flooding”.
The document written by council officers comes just a year before phase one of the flood alleviation scheme along the River Aire is set to finish. This would offer a “one in 100 year” cover against flooding, meaning there would be a one per cent chance of floods taking place in a given year.
