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<p>The Government is working closely with the Environment Agency and relevant authorities
to ensure flood defences impacted by recent flooding are repaired as quickly as possible;
around 14,000 asset inspections have been conducted following the recent storms with
action taken wherever asset performance was compromised.</p><p> </p><p>This year and
last, £200 million is being invested in maintaining flood risk assets, with the aim
of achieving our current target of between 94-95% in target condition.</p><p> </p><p>In
the City of Chester, in the current Flood and Coastal Risk Management capital programme,
£20,000 of Flood Defence Grant-in-Aid funding has been allocated for projects in the
constituency, which will better protect properties from flooding. There is also a
proposed project in the Stretford and Urmston constituency (Longford Brook Flood Alleviation
Scheme).</p>
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