RESIDENTS of a flood-ravaged village will be given their say on plans for £100,000 prevention measures.

Families in the East Cleveland community of Skinningrove, where water levels rose to four feet at the height of the recent floods, will be asked their views on four schemes to reduce the risk of a recurrence of the problem.

The initiatives, which are being backed by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, will be outlined at a public meeting on Monday at Skinningrove's old school building.

Coun Sylvia Szintai, the council's lead member for environment and infrastructure, will report people's views to a meeting of the executive on Tuesday.

She said: "We believe the four schemes are the most effective means of dealing with any future storms that are comparable with those experienced in the last few months."

The proposals include installing four screens upstream of Primrose Bridge to prevent trees from being washed downstream, erecting hinged floodgates on either side of Stone Row Bridge and fitting storm drains at the head of Stone Row and Zetland Row.

A £40,000 one-metre high, reinforced flood wall to run along both sides of the beck, fronting Zetland Row and Stone Row, is the most costly proposal.

The executive is also looking at ways of preventing flooding in East Crescent, Loftus.

In the aftermath of the latest floods, work has been undertaken to clean out the 58 council-owned properties affected, as well as a further ten properties owed by the Endeavour Housing Association.

Those behind the operation are confident that most council tenants will be back in their homes by Christmas.

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