SuDS and highways - are we nearly there yet?
Learn about the opportunities and challenges of delivering SuDS along highways at this free webinar.
Online registration for this webinar has now closed. If you would like to register to attend, please complete and return the booking form to Sarah Macpherson.
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Background
Very few water bodies in England are classed as good under the EU Water Framework Directive. According to the Environment Agency agriculture and rural land management, the water industry and urban and transport pressures account for many of the water quality problems.
With so much of our towns and cities made up of roads and highways there is growing evidence linking polluted watercourses to runoff from highways. There is also growing evidence around the impact of intense rainfall on our impermeable road network that can shed polluted runoff. With climate change and urbanisation these problems are only likely to get worse.
However, integrating SuDS into our developments, roads and highways provides exciting opportunities to better manage the risks associated with runoff. High-quality SuDS along highways can also contribute to improvements to biodiversity, amenity, air quality and our general quality of life.
Despite these benefits the integration of SuDS with highways is yet to become common practice. This free susdrain webinar, predominantly presented by those working in Council highways departments will outline the opportunities to manage surface water better from and along our highways.
Why attend
• Better understand the challenge of surface water runoff from highways in terms of
• water quantity and quality.
• Gain an appreciation of the opportunities to manage and treat runoff from highways
• using SuDS.
• Obtain an overview of good practice when implementing SuDS along highways.
• Share approaches to dispel myths and overcome perceived challenges of SuDS.
• Earn valuable CPD
Who should attend
• Local authorities
• Highway authorities
• Lead Local Flood Authorities
• Consultants
• Developers
• Highway engineers
• Drainage engineers
• Landscape architects
• Infrastructure engineers
When
Thursday 8 July 2021
10:00 - 12:00
Programme
10:00
Welcome and introduction
Jessica Jefferys, Innovyze
10:05
Overview of the challenge of surface water runoff from highways
Jo Bradley, Stormwater Shepherds
10:25
Delivering SuDS in highways in Lancashire
Allen Myers,
Lancashire County Council
10:45
Delivering SuDS in highways in Lincolnshire
Liz Burnley,
Lincolnshire County Council
11:05
Retrofitting SuDS in highways in Enfield
Jamie Kukadia,
London Borough of Enfield
11:25
Interactive discussion and Q&A
11:50
Closing remarks
Fees
CIRIA members
Free
Non-members
Free
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