FLOOD works designed to protect more than 100 homes have been completed.

The £2.2m project in Northway and Marston has created ‘temporary flood water storage areas’, re-aligned nearby streams and created ‘natural’ embankments.

It means that 110 homes are now at a ‘significantly reduced risk’ from surface water flash flooding.

Oxford City Council embarked on the works in November 2016.

Northway and Marston had been hit by flash flooding in the past due to their close proximity to Peasmoor Brook and the Headington Hill Tributary.

It can take as little as half an hour of torrential rain to cause flooding of homes in the areas.

In the event of a torrential rain, water will now be channelled into the three temporary flood water storage areas, and then released into the drainage system and waterways at a pace they can cope with.

Oxford City Council successfully won funding from grants administered by the Environment Agency (£1.6m) and Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (£600,000) to make the project happen.

Protective fencing at Northway Community Field and Court Place Farm Recreation Ground will remain in place until the end of August 2017 to allow new grass seeds and wildflower seeds to establish.

Trees and shrubs will then be planted across both sites during the autumn planting season.

The new FA-compliant and full-size football pitch in Northway Community Field will open in January 2018.