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River Thames Scheme – ten years on

Posted on February 22, 2026February 23, 2026 by ecwlarcombe

If we give the Environment Agency the benefit of the doubt – the River Thames Scheme project has been around since 2014 –  according to their own literature (below).   The cost – let’s say (conservatively) – £110m and 10 years.  So what have we got for all this time and money?

Sadly, it looks like some of the EA targets have been missed (Note: 2020 in the literature – proposed start of construction) and of course RTS Channel One was removed from the project.  I think we will be lucky if the project if the project commences in 2030.

I look forward to this project being revived – if only so that somebody somewhere can be held accountable.


 

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