{"id":623,"date":"2024-02-06T08:37:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T08:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2024-02-06T08:59:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T08:59:48","slug":"who-cares-about-january-2024-flooding-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"Who cares about January 2024 flooding?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So what do you know?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Lots of rain in the Thames catchment led to the Environment Agency opening the radial gates at Taplow<\/span><\/strong> on the Jubilee Flood Relief Channel.<\/li>\n
  2. Flood water was diverted out of the Thames, past Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton and returned into the Thames at Datchet.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. This action by the Environment Agency may have saved one area but enabled the flood water to travel downstream more quickly, arrive earlier and to rise to a higher level.<\/li>\n
  4. Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury flooded in January 2024<\/span><\/strong> for the fourth time<\/span><\/strong> since the construction (and operation) of the Jubilee Flood Relief Channel in 2002.<\/li>\n
  5. Failure by RBWM to maintain the Wraysbury Drain (an ancient and important piece of land drainage infrastructure) for many years both exacerbated and extended the flood event<\/span><\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  6. Meanwhile the Environment Agency continues to promote their \u00a3500m River Thames Scheme (new bypass channels and weir works) which offer little and ever-reducing improvement upstream of Staines Bridge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0What can you do to help?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Firstly – and if you are a resident of RBWM please put your name to this petition\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Then please let the Environment Agency know what you think of their River Thames Scheme by responding to their consultation – see details below<\/p>\n

    \n

    The River Thames Scheme\u00a0 Consultation \u2013 closes 4th March 2024<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Please make the time to respond to the River Thames Scheme consultation.\u00a0 This is a big and expensive project.\u00a0 This is\u00a0<\/strong>your river, your environment and your money!\u00a0 You only have this one opportunity\u00a0available until 4th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2024\u00a0to submit your views.\u00a0\u00a0Anybody can submit a response to the River Thames Scheme consultation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.riverthamesscheme.org.uk\/consultation<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    \n

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