How a groundbreaking new £1.3 million park will help prevent flooding in one corner of Manchester

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A groundbreaking new park which will re-use rainwater and help reduce flooding is taking shape in east Manchester. Dubbed ‘the park that drinks water’ or ‘sponge park’, the £1.3 milliion project represents "a whole new way of thinking" about rainwater and the risk of flooding bosses say.

The size of three football pithces, it is being built on land bounded bounded by Kniveton Road, Bennett Street and Clowes Street opposite the TV production hub Space Studios in West Gorton .

It is the "last part of the regeneration jigsaw" in the area which has seen more than £100m investment since 2010 say council chiefs.

As well as being an area of green space, with a play area for kids, the park is specifically designed to manage the flow of rainwater