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£3M Flood Funding for Lavendon Amidst Recurrent Deluges
26 Jan
Summary
- £3 million in flood protection funding has been announced for several schemes.
- Lavendon has experienced flooding three times in the last decade, including 2024.
- Funding aims to protect 30 homes in Lavendon and over 100 in Woughton.
Lavendon, a village near Milton Keynes, is set to benefit from £3 million in flood protection funding, following repeated flooding incidents. The village has been inundated three times in the past decade, most recently in 2024. Residents like Steve Smith have endured significant hardship, spending extended periods in temporary accommodation and facing substantial financial losses. He shared, "Every time it rains we are anticipating flooding again, so the measures cannot come soon enough."
