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A new \u00a3121million bridge blamed for leaving large swathes of Norfolk under water did increase the risk of flooding<\/strong>, a rediscovered official document has revealed.<\/p>\n The Herring Bridge, which spans the River Yare in Great Yarmouth, has been linked by locals to flood waters that have blighted several villages and plains in the county for weeks.<\/p>\n Homes, businesses and roads have been affected, with the bill potentially running into millions of pounds.<\/p>\n Norfolk County Council insisted ‘flood modelling and risk assessments’ were carried out before the bridge design was approved.<\/p>\n But a 2019 report commissioned by the council acknowledged the scheme would lead to ‘an increase in water depths on the floodplain\u2026 during a flood event’.<\/p>\n This was due to the two abutments the bridge stands on, which narrow the river by more than a third from 290ft to 180ft.<\/p>\n Cont.<\/p>\n The full article can be found here\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12828691\/Bridge-Norfolk-Broads-flooding-Great-Yarmouth.html<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (This is an extract from the Daily Express) A new \u00a3121million bridge blamed for leaving large swathes of Norfolk under water did increase the risk of flooding, a rediscovered official document has…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n