Future Fens flood risk management
Fens flood risk management baseline report now available.
From:
11 May 2021
Phase 1 of the flood risk management work started 3 years ago, to develop a shared understanding of the flood risk challenges in the Great Ouse Fens of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.
Future activity will build on this baselining work to develop flood management options that can deliver flood and drainage infrastructure needed for future generations.
This work is delivering on key commitments to the Fens as featured in the National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy (FCERM) published in 2020.
With a third of the Fens currently below sea level, the area has a network of flood protection assets that are owned and managed by different organisations. Much of this infrastructure is nearing the end of its design life and will soon need significant investment. With the increasing effects of climate change, flood infrastructure is key in providing water resourc
The work at Felixstowe is expected to take a week
- Credit: RICHARD CORNWELL
Contractors have been working to make one of Suffolk s most popular beaches safer - removing rocks in an area popular with sea swimmers.
An excavator has removed several lorry loads of loose rock from the low water point between Cobbold s Point and the Spa Gardens at Felixstowe
Coastal Partnership East, on behalf of East Suffolk Council, appointed the Water Management Alliance (WMA) to carry out the repairs and maintenance work.
Removing the rocks hidden by the waves will make area safer for swimmers and paddlers
- Credit: RICHARD CORNWELL
Published:
7:00 AM April 10, 2021
Updated:
8:47 AM April 10, 2021
Coastal Partnership East carrying out previous repair work in Lowestoft. Picture: Coastal Partnership East
- Credit: Coastal Partnership East
A scheme of maintenance work and repairs is set to be carried out along a stretch of a popular beach.
Repair works are set to be carried out to the coastal defences in Lowestoft from next week.
Coastal Partnership East – which brings together the coastal management resources and expertise from North Norfolk District Council, Great Yarmouth Borough Council and East Suffolk Council – has appointed the Water Management Alliance (WMA) to start repair work along the North Denes beach at Lowestoft.
Published:
7:00 AM April 10, 2021
Updated:
8:47 AM April 10, 2021
Coastal Partnership East carrying out previous repair work in Lowestoft. Picture: Coastal Partnership East
- Credit: Coastal Partnership East
A scheme of maintenance work and repairs is set to be carried out along a stretch of a popular beach.
Repair works are set to be carried out to the coastal defences in Lowestoft from next week.
Coastal Partnership East – which brings together the coastal management resources and expertise from North Norfolk District Council, Great Yarmouth Borough Council and East Suffolk Council – has appointed the Water Management Alliance (WMA) to start repair work along the North Denes beach at Lowestoft.