Reading and Lower Caversham Feedback from public drop-ins 26 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Reducing flood risk in north Reading and Lower Caversham

Feedback from public drop-ins 26 February to 13 March 2020

Drop-in objectives

• Continue raising awareness of flood risk in the area.
• Inform people about how to prepare for flooding now.
• Share new, more detailed and visual information about
• ur design to reduce flooding, as had been requested in

previous engagement.

• While this was not a formal consultation, we wanted to

gain feedback from the local community on our latest design.

• To help inform the next steps for the project.

Overview of what we did and why

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Public drop-ins

4

Internal drop-ins for Environment Agency staff

7

Community group meetings

2

Weekend public drop-ins

2

Evening public drop-ins

2

How people found out about the drop-ins

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• 2050 letters.
• Over 350 postcards

handed out.

• A4 and A3 sized posters

and postcards put up in the study area.

• Reading and

Caversham Gov.uk website.

• Local websites.
• Social media.
• Local press event

attended by

• BBC South
• Meriden
• Reading Chronicle
• The Breeze107.8

FM

• Also covered by Heart

FM.

Overview of responses

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The majority of feedback we received was from within the scheme area. Completed feedback forms.

• 117 hard copies
• 23 online surveys.

140 238

People attended the public drop-ins.

Question 1. How respondents found

• ut about the drop-ins

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10 20 30 40 50 60

Letter through door Email Word of mouth Social media Poster Other method

54 40 18 15 15 14

Question 2. On a scale of 1 (not useful) to 5 (very useful), how useful did you find today?

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1 (not useful, 3% 2, 2%

3, 11% 4, 23% 5 (very useful), 55%

Not answered, 6%

1 2 3 4 5 N/A

Question 3. Before today had you heard about our work to reduce flooding in Reading and Caversham?

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No, 6%

Yes, 88%

Not answered 6% No Yes Not answered

Question 4. If you have commented in the past do you think your feedback has been listened to?

9

Question 4 asked people to explain their

• answer. All responses

can be found in the appendices of the full report, which is available in the Related documents section on our website. Yes, 20% No , 18%

Not applicable, 55% Not answered, 7% Yes No Not applicable Not answered

Question 5. What aspects of today did you find most helpful?

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71% 59% 52% 13% 17% 22% 41% 14% 23% 17% 8% 14% 19% 21%

3% 4% 6% 6% 8% 8% 7%

6% 5% 9% 58% 43% 31% 19%

Speaking to staff Viewing landscape plans of the proposed scheme Seeing the before and after photos Watching the fly-through on the computer Finding out about flood warnings and how to make a flood plan Foam bricks to see the height of the walls Maps showing extents of flooding

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Very helpful Quite helpful A bit helpful Not helpful at all Not applicable No answer given

Question 6. Is there anything else that would help you to better understand the flood risk in the area, and our proposals to reduce this risk, that was not available today?

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Responses were varied, but some common themes identified were requests for:

• Further information – documents to be publicly available
• Information about construction
• Additional display materials
• More scheme specific information.

To view the full list of responses please see the appendices of the report which is available in the related documents section on our website.

• Q7. I understand that there are a

large number of people at risk of flooding in this area.

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• 78% of respondents

understood that there are a large number of people at risk of flooding in this area.

• 8% said no.
• The rest did not

answer or were not sure.

Yes , 78%

No, 8% Not sure, 7% Not answered, 7% Yes No Not sure Not answered

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• 62% of respondents

agreed with the need to reduce flood risk within the scheme area.

• 14% said no.
• The rest did not

answer or were not sure.

• Q8. Do you agree with the need to

reduce flood risk in Reading and Caversham?

Yes, 62%

No, 14% Not sure, 18% Not answered, 6%

Yes No Not sure Not answered

• Q9. Do you agree that the design we

have shared with you today will work to reduce flood risk in Reading and Caversham?

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• 55% of

respondents agreed with the

• verall scheme

design.

• 16% said no.
• The rest did not

answer or were not sure. Yes, 55%

No, 16% Not sure, 23% Not answered, 6%

Yes No Not sure Not answered

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• We found that those who agree with the need to reduce

flood risk, or are not sure about it, also feel that the design presented would work.

• Those who disagree with the need to reduce flood risk do

not agree with or are not sure about the design.

Comparing responses to questions 9 and 8.

Are opinions about the project design influenced by whether people agreed with the need to reduce flood risk in the area?

• 78% of respondents said

they understand that there are a large number

• f people at risk of

flooding in this area.

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Yes 67% No 10% Not Sure 23%

Yes No Not Sure

Comparing responses to question 7 and 9.

Of those who understood the area is at risk of flooding, how many agree with the scheme design?

• 67% of those that said

they understand that there are a large number of people at risk, said they agree that the design we shared will work to reduce flood risk in Reading and Caversham

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• If people said no we

asked why. All responses can be found in the appendices of the full report, which is available in the related documents section on

• ur website.

Yes, 59%

No, 21%

Not sure, 14% Not answered, 6%

Yes No Not sure Not answered

Next steps

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Future themed community newsletters based

• n questions

raised at recent drop-ins Continue to engage with the local community and landowners Build partnerships and seek funding Virtual meetings with Reading Borough Council