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Coming to a river near you soon ? Dredging

Very interesting Paul and proves that the lack of dredging is not to blame for the recent events. "Clearly pumping and dredging would not have coped in the present case." Also interested to read that "It is the legal responsibility of land owners to maintain their ditches in good order. The enforcing authority ought to act accordingly" At least that's not something we'll have to pay for!
Neil - I don't want to cut off anyone. I'm simply saying if you live on a flood plain you should expect it to flood at some point - the way some folk have been talking on the radio it's as if they believe the government should be able to stop it raining! I'm from York originally and we know all about floods in that City. There was a chap from the Association of British Insurers on tonight calling for a stop on developing on flood plains, basically suggesting if it continues then floodwater insurance would cease to exist in this country in much the same way it doesn't exist in other European countries.
 
[I]Neil - I don't want to cut off anyone. I'm simply saying if you live on a flood plain you should expect it to flood at some point - the way some folk have been talking on the radio it's as if they believe the government should be able to stop it raining! I'm from York originally and we know all about floods in that City. There was a chap from the Association of British Insurers on tonight calling for a stop on developing on flood plains, basically suggesting if it continues then floodwater insurance would cease to exist in this country in much the same way it doesn't exist in other European countries.[/QUOTE]
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Fair enough but we have houses on the floodplains that were built just 20 years ago or less that were considered safe from flooding. Personally I or anyone on this development have not ever been flooded, mainly due to the right provisions being in place, and we would need a flood of Biblical proportions for any problems.

However the whole of the problem this year is due to the Jet Stream being further South than normal again due to the extreme weather the Eastern USA has had recently, which is again due to weather patterns that are formed in the Pacific and elsewhere. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent which is the consequence of Global Warming, one thing for sure it is not going to get any better until Globally we tackle the problem, and that's the rub as long as China and Russia India etc refuse to toe the line on emissions we are well and truly stuffed.

So should we should just tinker with the consequences? (stop building on land other than lowland, preventing folk to insure their homes etc) and of course the political cry at the moment to DREDGE!! when we all know that is just a appeasement to those that feel they can still hang on in the levels, they can't, these folks need to be moved, and the Governments need to be honest, but as long as we have the likes of Eric Pickles at the helm we are all heading for hills for sure.

Well so am I, rant over time to try and find a patch of dry to walk the dogs.:p
 
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Isnt one of the problems that cause property to be built on flood plains that there are just to many people in this small island to fit in without building on them? other than greed and not caring.
 
Spot on Graham. The birth rate in Britain had slowed right down some years back, meaning that our population growth was almost zero. However, the changing rules foisted on us by Europe in recent years has seen the influx of migrants since then reach unprecedented levels...and that is only the ones they know about.

As we all now know, our population is presently growing faster than it ever has in recent history. As a result, the predictions for the number of houses that will need to be built to house this massive influx are quite frightening. Far from moving out of floodplains, they will probably build more housing on them. It will be interesting to see what safeguards they take to ensure the newer housing doesn't meet the same fate as that already there. Privet hedges perhaps :rolleyes:

Cheers, Dave.
 
Graham Young said:
Isnt one of the problems that cause property to be built on flood plains that there are just to many people in this small island to fit in without building on them? other than greed and not caring.
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Of course just where you build houses is dictated to where folk need to live, flood plains offer nice flat terrain with normally some sort of population nearby attributed to a River or Sea Port that was historically the makings of Towns and Cities.

So I am not sure what other options developers have in siting new homes, we just need to be more savvy how we handle flooding.

However the understanding of just what is needed seems to be foreign to Whitehall, but lessons will have to learnt and quick, and dredging the odd river to satisfy an MP's dictate will not be enough.
 
Perhaps the answer would be in future build all houses on stilts :rolleyes:
On a more serious note , I wonder what the impact would be on the fishing on say the Lower Severn ? If they ever dredged it :(

I suppose all the snags would disappear :D Would that be a good thing or a bad thing ?
 
Brownfield sites and dealing with empty properties in cities would be a good start. Not wishing to burst the usual immigration argument bubble that appears in these threads but also more people are living much longer, the birth rate has gone up considerably and there are more then ever people living on their own. Add this the fact that far less people are emigrating than in the mid noughties (and immigration is also down btw). There are no simple answers whatever some may wish to believe :)
 
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