6,000 properties are set to be protected from flooding after a new list of flood schemes have been announced by the Environment Agency.
The schemes, which total £68 million, are set to make sure homes and businesses no longer fall victim to flooding in the East of England.
The Environment Agency's announcement comes after the Government committed to invest £2.65 billion towards the construction of new flood schemes and the repair and maintenance of existing ones.
There are two projects planned for Ely and East Cambridgeshire - Padnal No 2 Pumping Station works, and an Ouse Washes Habitat Creation project.
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The first project is a Capital Maintenance scheme where the risk source is surface water flooding.
The Lead Risk Management is the Littleport and Downham Internal Drainage Board.
The second project, Habitat Creation, will be led by the Environment Agency and is a defence scheme against river flooding.
The indicative government investment on the pumping station works is £45,000 and the Habitat Creation project could get up to £493,000.
On the River Great Ouse, the Environment Agency will be using £1.3 million to refurbish the Tail Sluice, which is part of the wider Ely Ouse Flood Protection Scheme.
The scheme protects more than 1,000 properties.
The work at Tail Sluice will include the refurbishment or replacement of key mechanical components, which will help sustain the standard of protection it offers for the next 18 years.
By maintaining the standards, it will help to protect 206 residential properties, 471 non-residential properties as well as local infrastructure and agricultural land.
These works will ensure the structure remains resilient to both tidal and fluvial flooding.
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