Alec Green
2021-01-29 22:50:03 I think it was an EU directive in 2000 to stop dredging rivers. We should dredge the rivers again now we are out of the EU
Alec Green
2021-01-29 18:26:24 The Environment Agency is against dredging!
In the past dredging was done, as a river naturally builds up deposits of silt which slows its flow. When floods come then it can't move the volumes of water.
Patricia Whitfield
2014-07-06 20:53:54 I live on the flood plain and have been flooded several times. The promised river maintenance after the 2007 flood never materialised. It's time to get on with it!
Alec Green 2021-01-29 22:50:03
I think it was an EU directive in 2000 to stop dredging rivers. We should dredge the rivers again now we are out of the EU
Alec Green 2021-01-29 18:26:24
The Environment Agency is against dredging! In the past dredging was done, as a river naturally builds up deposits of silt which slows its flow. When floods come then it can't move the volumes of water.
Patricia Whitfield 2014-07-06 20:53:54
I live on the flood plain and have been flooded several times. The promised river maintenance after the 2007 flood never materialised. It's time to get on with it!