Pickering

Question 1

what are some soft enginerring strategies in PIckering?

Answer 1

over 300 leaky dams have been created
planted 40,000 trees
river channell restoration
farmland close to the water is used to store water during flood times

Question 2

what are some hard engineering strategies?

Answer 2

creation of a small dam to control the release of flood water
low level embankments built in floodplains to store water
over 200 moorland channels blocked in the upper catchment

Question 3

what is the river in Pickering?

Answer 3

the pickering beck

Question 4

how much did the last flood cost?

Answer 4

7 million

Question 5

what main road runs through Pickering?

Answer 5

A169