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If we give the Environment Agency the benefit of the doubt – the River Thames Scheme project has been around since 2014 –\u00a0 according to their own literature (below).\u00a0 \u00a0The cost – let’s say (conservatively) – \u00a3110m and 10 years.\u00a0 So what have we got for all this time and money?<\/p>\n

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Sadly, it looks like some of the EA targets have been missed (Note: 2020 in the literature – proposed start of construction)<\/strong><\/span> and of course RTS Channel One was removed from the project.\u00a0 I think we will be lucky if the project if the project commences in 2030.<\/p>\n

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I look forward to this project being revived – if only so that somebody somewhere can be held accountable.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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