Garnock Flood Protection Scheme Progressing

 Along with my fellow councillors for Kilbirnie and Beith and council officers I was pleased to get a closer view of the progress on the scheme last week. The flood limiting culvert is now in place and already offering some protection to Kilbirnie and Glengarnock residents.

It has been a long haul to secure government funding for the scheme and it is great to see the flood defences now taking shape. Over the years various proposals were turned down and it was a constant challenge to convice government to commit their 80% of the project.