Pros and Cons for the Ruthin Flood scheme
Options
1
 None
Pros (For)
Cons (Against)
 Repeated flooding
 More upset to people and homes
 Main road closed more often
2
 None
 Repeated flooding
 More upset to people and homes
 Main road closed more often
 Long term maintenance costs
3
 Relatively low cost
 Low maintenance
 Insufficient reaction time
 Unacceptable to those at risk
 False alarms – leads to no confidence
 Doesn’t stop floods
4
 Little disruption
 Minimal increase in protection
5
 No extra land needed
 Little ecological effect
 High cost
 Disturbs people who live in area
 Disrupts the traffic
 Difficult to work while allowing the
stream to flow
 Still limits the flow of flood water
6
 No extra land needed
 Little ecological effect
 High cost
 Disturbs people who live in area
 Disrupts the traffic
 Make road narrower
 Still limits the flow of flood water
 Short lengths of culvert needed to
go under roads
 Risk of backflow from River Clwyd
7
 Could be use for recreation
 Little disruption in built up areas
 Small increase in protection
 May not be able to provide
protection continuous heavy rain
 Uses a lot of land
 Has to be treated as a reservoir
with linked responsibilities
8
 Removes most of the flow from
Mwrog Street
 Provides protection to current
standards
 High cost
 Disturb people who live in the area
 Disrupts traffic
 Still needs the use of culverts
 Increased risk of blockages
 Relatively high maintenance
9
 Removes flows from housing area
 Reduces flow in River Clwyd
through Ruthin
 Provides protection to current
standards
 Minimal disruption to traffic
 Minimal use of culverts
 Improves existing drainage
channels
 High cost
 Land take