TIME is running out for York residents to influence multi-million plans aimed at tackling flooding in the city.

Officials at City of York Council have been running a six-week consultation on their long-awaited Flood Risk Management Strategy, but the consultation closes tomorrow.

Residents who have not yet had their say can do so online or by picking up a form from the council offices or libraries.

The strategy aims to reduce the risk and severity of flooding in York, and to improve understanding of the various causes locally.

Proposals include spending £2 million on improving the Foss Barrier and pumping station, which protects properties alongside the Foss; £3.5 million replacing the Burdyke and Holgate pumping station; £1.5 million restoring the Clifton Ings barrier bank; and £5 million in currently-unprotected areas such as Bishopthorpe, Acaster Malbis, Fulford, Clementhorpe, Naburn, Kings Staith and Tower Street and Nether Poppleton.

The strategy was prompted after the severe floods that hit much of England in 2007. The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 compelled councils to produce various documents, including the flood risk management strategy, although York's document was postponed four times before the draft was finally unveiled in the autumn.

To have your say on the strategy, visit york.gov.uk/consultations or email FRM@york.gov.uk

Paper copies of the forms are available from all York libraries and Explore Centres and the council's West Offices headquarters.

To read the full strategy and accompanying an information online, visit york.gov.uk/floodriskstrategy

The strategy calls for close working between the council and the Environment Agency, and with residents and businesses to deliver "collectively funded protection measures", and says planning decisions must address all aspects of flood risk.

Almost £500,000 a year is also needed for a maintenance programme for defences, the strategy says.

The strategy was originally demanded in December 2012, when a damning report said generations of neglect and underinvestment had left York's drains unable to cope with even minor floods, but it was delayed four times before finally being completed in August.

The development of the strategy follows the severe England-wide floods of 2007, which affected more than 55,000 homes and businesses.