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Flooding and Flood Defence

A £28 million Environment Agency scheme to construct 7km of new sea defences inland from the coast together with a wildlife haven at Medmerry in West Sussex is now nearing completion.

 

Yorkshire Water is making good progress on work to install a large underground pipe between Goole Carr Lane pumping station and the nearby River Ouse.

 

Wednesday, 11 September 2013 10:33

£36m coastal defence scheme gets go ahead

A major £36 million sea defence scheme along the Tendring coastline costing up to £36 million has been given the final go ahead.

 

The first stage of a £26 million flood defence scheme to improve the safety of an important flood storage reservoir dam at Whittlesey has started.

Information on opportunities to win future government construction contracts worth more than £109 billion has been released, with a total capital forecast spend on flood defences of nearly £5 billion.

The Environment Agency (EA) is to make an investment of more than £20 million in renovated and new defences along sections of the north bank of the Humber and the River Hull.

Thursday, 25 July 2013 07:07

HS2 could increase flood risk

The proposed route for High Speed 2 crosses miles of floodplains and could exacerbate flood risk in some areas, the Sustainability Statement for part of the scheme has revealed.

Work has started on the £38.3 million tidal barrier that will help protect Ipswich from future storms.

MPs on a Parliamentary Committee are today warning that Government actions on flooding to spur economic growth are welcome but funding increases announced in this month’s Spending Round do not meet rising flood risk - with a further £20 million increase year on year needed for the next 25 years. The MPs also want SUDs measures implemented "without further delay".

 

Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:25

£10m boost for Welsh flood defences

The Welsh Government is providing an additional £10 million investment in flood and coastal defences as part of the Wales Infrastructure Investment Plan.

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