The investment will improve our highway drainage assets to reduce surface water flooding on our roads and tackle repeated flooding problems faced by households and businesses.
Sites 2026/2027
This year's (2026/2027 financial year) include the following.
Cyclic cleansing road drain replacement programme £2 million
We have already begun a programme of CCTV survey investigations on our network of 600+ highway culverts across the county.
The works are to assess the culverts current condition, and if any repair/upgrade/replacement works are required, then works will follow on, to improve the efficiency and lifespan of these assets.
Works will start on our highest category of road - our A road network - first and foremost as they have the highest traffic volumes and vehicle speeds, posing a risk to a greater number of people.
A617 Hornsbridge roundabout: Flood Alleviation Scheme Feasibility Study (Phase 1) £50,000
The approach roads to the Hornsbridge roundabout, including the A617 Chesterfield Road suffers from significant surface water flooding during heavy rainfall.
We're working with Yorkshire Water and the Environment Agency to develop a solution, using information gained from the feasibility study which is expected to start in the summer of 2026
Pillar Butts pumping station renewal scheme, Wirksworth £50,000
The Pillar Butts pumping station is a highway drainage pumping station which lifts the water from a low point, where it can then drain away by gravity.
As part of our ongoing pump station replacement programme, we intend to replace both pumps and carry out electrical improvements to ensure long-term reliability and lower maintenance costs.
Straw Lane, Stretton – Highway drainage Improvement scheme £60,000
Following improvements made in 2021, we will be extending the existing scheme to reduce surface water flooding during periods of heavy rainfall on the A61, Main Road, Stretton.
Church Drive, Shirebrook: Highway drainage improvements £150,000
To reduce surface water flooding problems on Church Drive.
Hall Lane, Staveley: Highway drainage Improvements £80,000
To reduce surface water flooding problems on Hall Lane.
A6015 Albion Road, New Mills: Highway drainage improvement scheme £80,000
To reduce surface water flooding problems on the A6015.
A5132 Twyford Road: Highway drainage Improvement scheme £100,000
To reduce surface water flooding problems on the A5132.
All of the schemes listed above are currently going through a detailed investigatory/feasibility and design process. until this has been completed, we are unable to provide exact timescales for work to start on site. Further updates will be shared when we have more certainty on likely delivery timescales,
Reducing flood risk to households and businesses
We're also using around £360,000 of flood grant funding at 4 sites to reduce flood risk for properties and business across the county.
These include the following.
Duffield School, Belper: SuDS (substantiable urban drainage solutions) for schools
Working with our children's department, we have secured £150,000 to install sustainable drainage interventions, to reduce the flood risk to the school.
The school was affected by flooding during Storm Babet in 2023. Work is expected to start in the summer of 2026.
Breadsall village natural flood management scheme £85,000
Breadsall village has experienced flooding over period of many years and these works will help to reduce that risk.
Works include will slow the flow of water going into the village, to help reduce flash flooding. Work will start in the summer of 2026.
Matlock property flood resilience scheme £49,000
These properties have experienced flooding over a period of many years, and we will be installing flood resilience measures to 7 properties in Matlock. The works include flood barriers, pumps and air brick covers, and will commence in the summer of 2026.
DEFRA Property Flood Resilience Grant Fund
The government provided funding for homeowners affected by flooding during Storm Babet.
Homeowners applied to us for funding to reimburse them for works they arranged to reduce the risk of future flooding to their property.
We received 268 claims through the scheme, totalling £1.45 million, to carry out improvements to their properties and businesses to help reduce the risk of future flooding events. This is the largest scheme across the whole of the UK, since the scheme was first introduced in the early 2010s.
Ockbrook / Draycott / Breaston Natural Flood Management Scheme
We've received grant funding worth £82,000, and are working in partnership with Network Rail and Trent Rivers Trust as part of a much larger scheme worth £700,000, to reduce the risk of flooding to these communities.
The first phase of this work will start in summer 2026.