What is the Scheme?
The Scheme will be the ‘Musselburgh Flood Protection Scheme (year of approval)’ as confirmed under the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 and its Regulations. Once constructed the Scheme will provide formal flood risk reduction to the town of Musselburgh and it will become a part of the existing built environment.
The Scheme is not yet confirmed.
The Scheme is being advance by East Lothian Council further to its approval of the Local Flood Risk Management Plan (Forth Estuary Local Plan District) in 2016.
The project is the vehicle through which the design, confirmation, and thereafter construction of the Scheme is being advanced. Once completed, the project will come to an end and the future management of the Scheme will transfer to the Council’s Flooding Team.
For more information on the project please look at the project section of this website.
The Preferred Scheme
The Preferred Scheme is the concept which is produced at the end of Project Stage 3. It is the assumed best combination of individual flood risk reduction options through which the project may achieve the Project Objectives.
The Preferred Scheme was approved in January 2020 and provided a starting point for the Outline Design.
Please visit Preferred Scheme to view the concept and read the report.
The Proposed Scheme
The Proposed Scheme is being published in accordance with The Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 and The Flood Risk Management Act (Flood Protection Schemes, Potentially Vulnerable Areas and Local Plan Districts) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (as Amended).
To view the associated documents, please visit Proposed Scheme.