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Flooding and Flood Defence

Balfour Beatty has started work on one of the largest coastal defence schemes in the UK which will protect over 12,000 homes and businesses from the risk of coastal flooding.

The London Assembly Environment Committee has published a summary of the flood risks facing the capital.

The Environment Agency has begun dredging of one of the major rivers in the Somerset Moors and Levels.

Hundreds of homes across Scotland are to get better protection from flooding with the award of almost £40 million Scottish Government funding.

The Environment Agency has completed most of the repairs to flood defences in Boston after they were damaged by December’s tidal surge.

Repairs costing around £2 million to flood defences that help reduce flood risk to communities on the South Humber bank will soon be completed.

The Government risks a significant political backlash in flood-hit regions at the next general election unless it gets serious about combating climate change, according to a new poll published yesterday. 

The Government has made no new significant provision for increased investment in flood infrastructure in the Budget – despite serious concerns expressed in January by its own official advisers on climate change about the need for additional funding.

Fitch Ratings agency is warning this morning that uncertainty about UK government spending on flood defences means the Flood Re scheme to pool flood risk may face higher-than-expected claims in the future.

The Environment Agency is holding two meetings to set out plans for the second phase of a £26-million scheme to strengthen the banks of the Whittlesey Washes which is due to start later this year . 

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