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The pond will help prevent flooding at more than 50 properties around Ruth Street and Cairns Avenue, Bute Street and Munroe Avenue, and Ruth Street and York Avenue.
Sir James Bevan addresses business leaders at Chapter Zero, sharing more lessons and insight to help organisations progress toward Net Zero.
Environment Agency chief executive Sir James Bevan's speech to business leaders at Chapter Zero summit, in which he shares lessons and insight to help organisations progress toward net zero
Construction work has started as part of a £34million scheme to improve Tilbury’s flood defences with the installation of new flood defence gates. The existing port lock gates will be replaced with pioneering dual function lock gates, and the Environment Agency’s tidal barrier will be removed. This is a major joint project between the Environment Agency and The Port of Tilbury, which is set to safeguard thousands of homes and businesses in the local area. Work started in January and is expected to last for 18 months – with the new lock gates planned for installation in late 202...
New River Thames Flood Defences to Protect Port of Tilbury, Homes and Businesses Multi-Million Pound Scheme Under Way UK – Most Londoners are familiar with the Greenwich Barrier, the line of gateways in the River Thames which can be closed to prevent flooding further upstream. These of course can have a detrimental effect in the lower reaches and, with the voices deriding climate change growing weaker by the day, there is a lesser known set of gates that guard the Purfleet, Grays and Tilbury areas against the rising tides. These then are the original port lock gates which were installed in...