The Environment Agency put in place a series of red flood warnings and amber flood alerts in the town on Saturday. By Sunday morning, as watercourse levels began to subside, the Environment Agency cancelled the flood warnings and alerts. The council was asked today, Monday, for reflection on flood plans, both those that were implemented and future schemes to prevent flooding in the future. As well as funding for the Liverpool Road scheme, this includes £1.5million to progress the Sankey Brook flood risk management scheme to the outline design development stage, and £200k to complete final works with the Penketh and Whittle flood risk management scheme. “The Environment Agency is currently in the design stage for the Sankey Brook Flood Risk Management Scheme.