Tag Archives: flood defences

Ministers “have no availability” to visit Hemsby and discuss funding for coastal defence works, the local MP who invited them has heard.

An £11M boost for sea defences at Anchorsholme, an area in the north of Blackpool, has been agreed by the Environment Agency.

Work on Rother Tidal Walls – East in Rye, East Sussex is continuing at pace, according to main contractor VolkerStevin.

Steel sheet piling for the Central Prestatyn Coastal Defence Scheme delivered by Balfour Beatty will start in October 2024, following a pause in the scheme.

Tens of thousands more properties are at risk now compared to 2018 due to deteriorating flood defences, according to a leak to the Guardian newspaper.

Construction works for the Aberaeron coastal flood defence scheme in Wales are ramping up, despite logistical challenges and extensive environmental protection requirements.

Communities and infrastructure are being left at risk of flooding due to the government’s failure to properly fund internal drainage boards (IDBs), according to the District Councils’ Network (DCN).

An excavator being used for a Bam Nuttall-led coastal defence scheme has been left underwater off the town of Aberaeron in west Wales after an electrical fault forced workers to abandon it to the waves.

North Ayrshire Council has seen milestones on two flood coastal with offshore works completed on the £48M Millport Flood Protection Scheme and construction of the £4.6M Largs sea wall entering its final stage.

Stirling Council has identified a preferred design for a £15M flood defence scheme to protect Bridge of Allan in Stirlingshire.