McMillan Acknowledges Funding to tackle Flooding

Stuart McMillan MSP, (SNP) has today (Monday) acknowledged the news from Inverclyde Council that they plan to invest £500,000 to tackle flooding problems throughout the area.

Mr McMillan has campaigned, for sometime, to have more money made available to alleviate flood problems and deal with blocked watercourses throughout Inverclyde.

Mr McMillan said;

"It's important that the Council acknowledge that flood prevention within Inverclyde is a very serious issue.

"Therefore, I hope this announcement of funds to tackle flooding will be the starting point and further money will be made available from Inverclyde Council, where possible, to alleviate the problem throughout the area.

"I know my SNP colleagues at Inverclyde Council had proposed to invest, on top of the £500,000, an additional £300,000 of funding to address this important issue.

"I will continue to highlight the issue of flood prevention and the need for drastic action to be taken to clear the watercourses in Inverclyde and create sound flood defences."

Councillor Jim MacLeod said;

"As part of our SNP council budget proposals we had put forward an additional £300,000 to go towards the authority's flood plans.

"If this had been accepted it would have given the council £800,000 instead of the £500,000 proposed by council officials.

"It will of course take more than this sum to try and address a problem in the district that goes back decades and which until now has not really been tackled by past Labour councils."