KaarbonTech: Short-term funding biggest barrier to long-term drainage and flood risk planning
Local authorities across the UK have identified reliance on short-term funding and reactive budgets as the biggest barrier to long-term drainage and flood risk planning, according to insight gathered during a roundtable at KaarbonTech’s Future Drainage 2025 event. The discussion, focused on future preparedness, brought together highways, drainage and flood risk professionals to explore how […]
Local authorities report low confidence in drainage resilience as climate pressures intensify
Local authorities across the UK are reporting limited confidence in their current drainage asset management approaches, according to new insight gathered at the Future Drainage 2025 event hosted by KaarbonTech. During a dedicated roundtable on ‘Asset Management Challenges in a Changing Climate’, delegates described how gaps in data, funding pressures, fragmented ownership and intensifying climate impacts are shaping […]