Councils have welcomed extra cash to fund future projects to prevent flooding in Leicestershire.
The Government has announced a £162 million fund for the Midlands for the next six years.
Both Leicester City Council and Leicestershire County Council will be able to bid for money from the fund to pay for urgent projects.
Among the future projects benefiting from the cash will be measures to reduce flooding along the Gilroes Brook, which runs alongside the A50 Groby Road in the city, and the Holbrook, in Knighton, Leicester.
It will also help pay for other highway gully improvements around the city and an ongoing project the Environment Agency that is studying how heavy rain affect different parts of the city and what flood defences could be valuable in the future.
A spokeswoman for the city council said: "This is good news for Leicester, because it means more money has been allocated by the Government for flood risk management work.
"It reflects the strong partnership we have with the Environment Agency.
"We're working on bringing forward joint projects with the Environment Agency to address surface water flooding and flooding around major water courses in the city.
"This announcement means more money has been set aside by the Government for us to put towards these projects."
The county council did not have any examples of projects it intended to fund with the new money but said it would be put to good use.
A spokeswoman for the county said: "The council has received formal notification of the Government's announcement that it will be providing additional funding to address flood risk.
"The council welcomes and will assess the potential to increase the extent of provision of property protection, as well as any extra funding that may generally be available for flood risk management schemes."
Across the UK, the Government has announced £2.3 billion will be spent on flood defences over the next six years, protecting an estimated 300,000 homes from water damage.
The Government said that across England it will reduce flood risk by five per cent and save the economy £2.7 billion by 2021.
