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• £50 million flood defence scheme opens in Leeds

  5th October 2017
  A £50 million flood alleviation scheme in Leeds which uses moveable weir technology – a first for flood risk reduction in the UK opened on the 4th October 2017.   The first phase of the award-winning Leeds Flood Alleviation ...

• Spawning success for new fish pass

  4th October 2017
  Young salmon have been found in the River Derwent at Shotley Bridge in Consett for the first time in 300 years thanks to a new fish pass.   The 33 juvenile salmon caught during recent routine sampling by the Environment Agency are the ...

• Barriers at the ready in ‘Broadchurch’

  25th September 2017
  A Dorset seaside resort made famous by the television drama Broadchurch will be the location of an Environment Agency training exercise this week (Tuesday 26 September 2017).   Visitors to West Bay, near Bridport, will see up to 60 ...

• £4.5 million flood alleviation scheme to open in Somerset

  25th September 2017
  Emma Howard Boyd will open the new defence which will cut flood risk to 200 homes and give better protection to a major Somerset road.   Hydrobrakes have been installed inside culverts in Cannington to slow and reduce the flow ...

• Leeds second phase flood defence plans go on show

  25th September 2017
  Proposals for the second phase of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme are going on show this month to communities upstream of the city centre. A series of drop in events are being held in Kirkstall, Horsforth, Rodley and Apperley Bridge areas ...
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