Case Study
A483 Trunk Road –Moors Straight Flood Alleviation Improvement –Phase 2
Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd Waterways House · Llanfoist · Abergavenny · Monmouthshire · NP7 9LN Tel. 01873 857211 · Fax. 01873 857679 Email sales@alungriffiths.co.uk · www.alungriffiths.co.uk Client Powys County Council Location Moors Straight Value £200K A483 TRUNK ROAD – MOORS STRAIGHT FLOOD ALLEVIATION IMPROVEMENT – PHASE 2 The scheme involved raising the level of the single carriageway road to a level above the one in one hundred year flood level over a total length of 900m. Prior to the works this section of the A483 Trunk Road was prone to flooding several times a year when the adjacent River Severn flooded. The maximum height the carriageway was built up was 450mm. In addition to raising the level of the road,