<p>DEFRA provide funding to improve flood resilience through Flood and Coastal Risk Management Grant in Aid. This funding is invested in capital schemes and on-going programmes of maintenance to improve flood resilience. A list of the current programme of works in the above locations is provided as follows.</p><p>(a) Skinningrove</p><p>£3.78 million has been planned for a local authority led coastal erosion scheme. This will protect 149 properties. £30,000 will be invested to replace one of the flood warning sirens in Skinningrove and to undertake maintenance work on the existing flood walls and gates. These flood management assets protect 179 properties.</p><p>(b) Brotton</p><p>The Environment Agency is working with Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (as the Lead Local Flood Authority) to consider solutions to surface water and ordinary watercourses at Brotton.</p><p>(c) Loftus</p><p>£90,000 will be invested to repair a degraded culvert and to undertake work to increase the clearance under Haugh Bridge at Loftus. This will increase the protection to 27 properties.</p><p>(d) Skelton</p><p>The Environment Agency is working with Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (as the Lead Local Flood Authority) to consider solutions to surface water and ordinary watercourses at Skelton.</p><p>(e) Surrounding areas</p><p>£9.4 million from the Projects for Acceleration and Growth funding will be invested in Port Clarence protecting approximately 350 properties. This work will start in 2015 and take two years to complete. A further £1.6 million will be invested in Lustrum Beck protecting approximately 200 properties.</p>