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Balfour Beatty has started work on a £300,000 flood alleviation scheme in Moray.
The contractor is building a 440-metre-long embankment between the River Lossie and the village of Dallas.
In August 2014, a major flooding event caused approximately £600,000 of damage to properties and infrastructure in the village. A total of 27 properties were flooded internally and a further 12 were flooded externally.
As a result, the council approved plans in 2015 to build a 1.2-metre-high embankment to extend north east of the village, ensuring water does not return along the road.
Features include a Bentonite clay geotextile buried along the length of the embankment to act as a cut off for water seepage, while a filter drain will also be placed along the dry side of the embankment to allow surface water to drain.
Work is scheduled to be completed by early in June.
(LM/MH)
