Environment Agency data and regional Shoreline Management Plans have revealed £548M worth of property is at risk of succumbing to coastal erosion by 2100.
The Planning Inspectorate has rejected National Highways’ application to realign two roads as part of its £1.3bn A66 Northern Trans Pennine upgrade as they might increase flood risk in the area.
The Environment Agency has brought forward the deadline for adapting flood defences upstream (west) of the Thames Barrier by 15 years to 2050.
The Environment Agency has renewed its collaborative delivery framework (CDF), extending its agreement with the likes of Bam Nuttall, Arup and Jacobs for infrastructure delivery for the next four years.
A remote-controlled tunnel boring machine (TBM) has begun driving under the A65 as part of a Yorkshire Water project to reduce sewage discharges into the River Wharfe.
Water industry experts have said that recent announcements regarding investments into stormwater overflow and leak reduction projects are welcomed but they claim the decisions are also misguided and a “kneejerk” to certain groups.
The Environment Agency, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) have announced that they are progressing to the next phase of their assessment of Rolls-Royce SMR’s 470MW small modular reactor (SMR) design.
This month has seen top firms including Atkins and Aecom expand their net zero and environmental teams, while new chairs have been elected in institutions such as EngineeringUK, The Engineering & Design Institute London (TEDI-London) and the Transport Planning Society.
An investigation is to be launched after a major incident was declared in Poole Harbour, Dorset, due to an oil leak yesterday, 26 March.
The UK’s water sector has suffered from under investment, insufficient government strategy and inadequate coordination, leading to widespread failure to “treat water with the importance it deserves”. The water regulator Ofwat and the Environment Agency must also go further to address these issues.
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