Come and find out about
the draft Tidal River Strategy
What: Great Ouse
flood management plan drop-in
Where: Denver sluice complex
When: Thursday 1st October 2-7pm.
The Environment Agency
is holding a drop in event focusing on the
flood management of the Great Ouse and how
it may affect the local community.
The event is to be held
at the Denver sluice complex on Thursday
I October between 2 and 7 pm to allow interested
parties have their say on the draft Great
Ouse Tidal River Strategy, which covers
an area of the Cambridgeshire and Norfolk
Fens from Earith to King’s Lynn.
The draft strategy sets
out proposals for managing flood risk to
people and property over the next 100 years.
It takes into account the effects on statutory
navigation channels, water quality and the
environment within the confines of government
spending rules for flood risk.
Over 2,300 properties
in the Great Ouse Tidal River floodplain
are protected from flooding by the South
Level barrier bank and the Tidal River defences.
With sea level rises predicted as a result
of climate change the number of properties
that could be at risk of flooding will rise.
The Great Ouse Tidal
River Strategy discusses the options for
overcoming the problem of siltation in the
Tidal river and the alternatives and preferences
for dealing with the difficulties climate
change will create.
Sadia Moeed, project
manager for the Great Ouse Tidal River Strategy
said: “Managing flood risk is an extremely
important part of what the Environment Agency
does. By creating a 100 year strategy we
are able to plan for the future and find
solutions for the best way to protect communities
now and in the future.”
In carrying out any
flood defence works the Environment Agency
has to demonstrate that the value of likely
damage to assets is greater than the cost
of the flood defence works and also to consider
the ongoing maintenance of flood defence
works.
Staff from the Environment
Agency and other partners involved in creating
the draft strategy will be available at
the drop in session to discuss the draft
policies for the area and any concerns the
public may have.
If you are unable to
attend the event you can comment on the
draft Great Ouse Tidal Strategy on the Environment
Agency website at
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/library/consultations/36989.aspx.
