Our February meeting minutes are now available. Open here using this link.
At the meeting we discussing: The Police Report, Christmas Lights, Tennis Courts, Common Good Fund Application, Recruitment and reports from our Chair, Secretary and Treasurer and our Planning Report
The closing date to give your feedback on what should go on the flood protection long list has been extended to March 27th. Remember this is an early step in a long process, so there will be more chances to feedback on more defined options later in the year. After the 27th of March Stirling Council will finalize the full Long List of options and then work on refining this long list to a short list.
The Short List will be ready for general release and comment in May. During May and June there will be more in person and online events to allow engagement and discussions to take place.
Thanks to those of you who have attended or made the attempt to attend the onlie sessions. We have been informed of difficulties engaging with online platform and will be feeding this back to the council. But please to let them know your experience directly. The presentation is due to be available from the 21st on the project web page.
You can also submit your pictures of historic flood extent. These can be valuable evidence to help refine flood models. It would be ideal if these were time and date stamped and were submitted before short listing in April however it would be welcomed at any stage. You can submit records using this online form where you put in the date and source of flooding, choose a location from a map and upload a file.
Some discussion at our recent Community Council meeting touched on the need to consider the upstream catchement areas in regard to flooding in Bridge of Allan. Indeed there are many factors that contribute to flood risk and opportunities to mitigate them. Excellent background research about flooding in the Allan Water Catchment can be found in this 2011 Natural Flood Management Study. The 2022-2028 Draft Flood Risk Management Plan for the Forth district (LPD9) also contains priority actions and objectives to avoid, reduce and prepare for flooding specific to Bridge of Allan.
Forth Rivers Trust have been working for some time on the Allan Water upstream with land owners on Natural Flood Management (NFM) measures such as tree planting and wetland restoration.
Our next meeting is to be held on Tuesday 15th March at 7.30pm using Zoom. Find the agenda with meeting joining details here . All are welcome to attend.
We will be discussing: The Police Report, Stirling Marathon, Community led Tourism, Tennis Courts, Common Good Fund Application, Recruitment, The Allan Centre, Planning Report, reports from our Chair, Secretary and Treasurer and Residents Voice where you can make your comments or questions.
At this meeting we will review and approve the minutes from our last meeting in February. These will then be available on our website shortly after the meeting to allow for any amendments.
We recently saw the dramatic effect heavy rainfall and snowmelt can have on our village with Hawes Park, the allotments and a section of Cornton road being flooded on February 20th. In addition Henderson street often floods with rainwater at the Memorial Park causing further travel disruption.
Thanks to Katy Joy Whitelaw for use of her video. Credit to SEPA for the aerial image of flooding from 2006.
The impacts could have been more disrupting and damaging if we did not have any flood protection in the village. The current protection measures are now ageing and Stirling Council are exploring the options to replace them.
In our November meeting Stirling Council’s Operations Team Leader Maria Lucey gave us a presentation explaining the state of the existing defenses, overview and costs of the range of options considered. Stirling Council now have a number of in person and online opportunities for you to find out more and feedback your views.
The project has a dedicated website full of useful information and links to the consultation and events. On this site you will be able to:
Printed copies of the information are available to view at the Library during its normal opening hours. These will be available until March 21th.
Two online presentations will be held on the evenings of the 8th and 14th of March 7-8pm. To attend you should sign up using this online form. Recordings of the presentation will be made available after the events.
Three in person sessions are available for anyone to drop in.
This is the early stages of Information Gathering to understanding everyone’s views and preferences. A long list of options will be generated based on all feedback from stakeholders. Then long list appraisal work will be undertaken to determine a short list of viable options. These will be further explored and eventually deciding on a preferred option that will be taken forward for detailed design.
Donations for Ukraine are being collected at Bridge of Allan Parish Church this afternoon.
Tea’s Company volunteers will be there today Monday 28th February, between 1330 and 1630 to receive donations.
The scouts will also be accepting donations during their time in the church hall on Tuesday 1st March 7-9pm
Update: another drop off time added Wednesday 2nd 10-1pm and 4-8pm
Update 4pm 2nd March: Pause on donations as the church is at capacity. If you are able to help with packing and transport to Denny please get in touch with Bridge of Allan Parish Church
Locally collected donations will leave from The Hope Hub, Denny. Hopefully we can arrange more collections in the future and will let you know about them as soon as we can.
The Hope Hub have requested the following items:
*painkillers (including painkillers for babies)
*anti-inflammatory medications
*bandages
*dressings
*hemostatic dressing
*bandaids
*hydrogen dioxide
*blankets, sleeping bags, foam mattres, military boots
* canned food
*torches
*candles
*nappies, baby food, baby milk, baby bottles, warm baby clothing
