FOUR plaques which were removed from Worcester’s flood defences several months ago for cleaning have finally been put back.

The Environment Agency took the plaques from the Hylton Road flood defences in April to be cleaned after they were vandalised.

Initially, it was said the plaques would be returned to the brick walls which form part of the defences by the end of the month.

But the agency then chose to have the plaques put onto a different material to make them more weather resistant and had them inset into the flood wall to make them more difficult to remove.

Jessica Campbell, communications officer for the agency, said: “These changes to the plaques, coupled with the recent flood events we have been dealing with over the past few months, has meant that it has taken longer to reinstate them than originally planned.”

As previously reported in your Worcester News , the plaques included drawings depicting a canoeist paddling on the river, and the cathedral, drawn by local schoolchildren.

The specially designed plaques were unveiled at the opening of the barrier in 2009.