Below is the introduction to a Press Release that I am working on:<\/p>\n
\u00a3120 million spent, 18 years on: residents ask why key Thames flood defences are still stalled<\/strong><\/p>\n While the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme continues to make steady progress, two major flood defence projects on the River Thames \u2014 the River Thames Scheme (Egham to Teddington) and the Datchet to Hythe End Flood Improvement Measures \u2014 remain stalled, despite nearly two decades of development and over \u00a3120 million spent on planning and design work alone.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n More to follow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Below is the introduction to a Press Release that I am working on: \u00a3120 million spent, 18 years on: residents ask why key Thames flood defences are still stalled While the Oxford…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[71,154,21,98],"class_list":["post-4186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dhefim","tag-environment-agency","tag-river-thames-scheme","tag-rts"],"yoast_head":"\n