Publications

This Rivers Directorate Technical Guidance Note is aimed at all Rivers staff with the purpose of creating a standardised approach to managing Rivers related data.

TGN 23 provides operational guidance to DfI Rivers  Staff related to the maintenance of watercourses.

The 2023 - 2024 Business Plan for DfI Rivers focuses on the Agency’s priorities and targets for the year ahead.

The aim of the substantive Homeowner Flood Protection Grant Scheme (HFPGS) is to provide financial support for eligible homeowners to protect their properties from subsequent flooding. Details of eligibility are contained in the HFPGS Application Guide.

Providing the Department for Infrastructure with powers to amend, update or revoke certain regulations made under 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 which were lost as a result of EU exit.

The Drainage Council meets approximately 3 times per year and minutes of meetings are recorded by the secretariat to the Drainage Council. Minutes can be viewed using the links below, or by writing to the Drainage Council for NI at the address provided below.

Issue 4 of the Newsletter outlines progress on the construction of the flood alleviation scheme.

This Technical Guidance Note provides guidance on the design, implementation and maintenance of natural flood management measures.  This guide is intended to be used by Rivers Directorate staff when natural flood management techniques are being designed as part of a flood

To update the Departments guidance for the process of delivering capital works with a value greater than £1.5m, from inception to completion.

To update the Departments guidance for the process of delivering capital works with a value less than £1.5m, from inception to completion.

This report details the findings of a flood study relating to Glenavy.

Issue 3 of the Newsletter outlines progress on the construction of the flood alleviation scheme.

The Portadown Flood Alleviation Scheme aims to reduce the impact of any potential fluvial flooding from the River Bann and some of its tributaries in the event of a 1% AEP flood (i.e.

The Department for Infrastructure is responsible for the maintenance and development of critical infrastructure in Northern Ireland. Through its focus on water, transport and planning public services, the Department is seeking to manage and protect £32 bn of public

Issue 2 of the Newsletter outlines progress on the construction of the flood alleviation scheme.

The Department for Infrastructure hereby gives notice, in pursuance of Article 12D of the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (as amended) that an Environmental Statement for the Portadown Flood Alleviation Scheme has been published.

Portadown FAS – E.I.A – Volume 1 – Non-Technical Summary 

Portadown FAS – E.I.A – Volume 2 – Environmental Statement

Portadown FAS – E.I.A – Environmental Statement Appendices

Portadown FAS – Statement to Inform the Habitats Regulation Assessment