Founds Group’s Drainage Prioritisation Model is helping Local Authorities anticipate risks and build clear, data-driven intervention programmes. By combining spatial data, drainage mapping and land assessment, authorities can target investment where it delivers the greatest resilience return. Read more in this member article:
Resilience Across Networks
Local Authorities are increasingly focused on network resilience, particularly in response to flooding. Many are beginning joint initiatives to understand how their assets interact, but often lack the integrated data to prioritise effectively.
Preparedness for Inevitable Risks
With the growing inevitability of climate-related storms and extreme weather, preparedness must move from reactive response to proactive planning. By visualising where land, drainage and highways intersect, our model helps identify vulnerabilities before the next event hits.
Beyond Climate: Understanding Legacy Risks
Resilience isn’t just about weather. Historic factors such as mining subsidence also impact land stability and drainage performance. The Drainage Flood Prioritisation Model helps LAs factor these legacy risks into modern resilience strategies.
Data-Led Prioritisation
Our model enables Local Authorities to anticipate risks and build clear, data-driven intervention programmes. By combining spatial data, drainage mapping and land assessment, authorities can target investment where it delivers the greatest resilience return.
Linking Resilience to the Land Beneath the Roads
Ultimately, resilience is linked to the land the roads sit on. Understanding that relationship is key to keeping highways open, safe and sustainable.
Founds Group is helping Local Authorities strengthen resilience, optimise spend and prepare for the future, using data, not disaster, as the driver for change.
Reach out to Alana Gaughan or Chris Founds to help you build proactive, data-led preparedness into highway resilience.
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