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The Jubilee River is now 24 years old.\u00a0 You can see a local newspaper report on the opening ceremony here<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and another report here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

24 years later and the channel is still incapable of conveying its design capacity and has had enormous amounts of money poured in just to keep it working.\u00a0 So let me just briefly list some of today’s unresolved issues from Taplow and on downstream:<\/p>\n

UNDER CONSTRUCTION – further detail to follow:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Name change from Jubilee River to Jubilee FAS<\/p>\n

Taplow embankment scour – awaiting repair<\/p>\n

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Berry Hill footbridge – centre span replaced with steel<\/p>\n

Ashford Lane footbridge – closed – two spans collapsed<\/p>\n

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Allotments footbridge – closed – awaiting replacement<\/p>\n

Myrke footbridge – questionable structure<\/p>\n

Myrke embankment – structurally failing<\/p>\n

Black Potts footbridge – closed and about to collapse<\/p>\n

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THE FUTURE?\u00a0 We need to know where we are before we can go forward with the downstream extensions – so here are some questions to be considered:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Jubilee River (MWEFAS) was opened in 2002.\u00a0 The downstream extension projects (LTFRMS, RTS and DHEFIM) have cost about 18 years and \u00a3120m – and are still in the development phase without an approved outline business case.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1)\u00a0 Who is accountable?\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2)\u00a0 Where are we today? How much time and money has been spent on these projects?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0 What are the estimated future costs, timescales and milestones?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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