Ian Crook
Senior Member
Hi All,
Through my involvement in the Loddon Conservative and Consultative Committee, I have learned that the EA flood defence team has plans to substantially dredge the River Loddon from Arborfield through to Whistley in order to aleviate risk to Lower Earley and Whistley areas and match support their current flood map modelling. This could involve the removal of between 1 and 2 metres of river bed throughout most of this area which could spell disaster to the normal flows and put us back 10 years in habitat protection and improvement. There will be a meeting in March to go through their plans in detail and hopefully try, together with othr members of the committtee to find an alternative solution. One argument will be that no amount of dredging will remove the bottleneck to flow which is Loddon Bridge, unless this is widened nothing will ever improve!!
Sorry I don't have much detail right now but rest assured once I do have I will tell the world and ask for the support of all Loddon Anglers, even those who live in Lower Earley and Winnersh!!
Through my involvement in the Loddon Conservative and Consultative Committee, I have learned that the EA flood defence team has plans to substantially dredge the River Loddon from Arborfield through to Whistley in order to aleviate risk to Lower Earley and Whistley areas and match support their current flood map modelling. This could involve the removal of between 1 and 2 metres of river bed throughout most of this area which could spell disaster to the normal flows and put us back 10 years in habitat protection and improvement. There will be a meeting in March to go through their plans in detail and hopefully try, together with othr members of the committtee to find an alternative solution. One argument will be that no amount of dredging will remove the bottleneck to flow which is Loddon Bridge, unless this is widened nothing will ever improve!!
Sorry I don't have much detail right now but rest assured once I do have I will tell the world and ask for the support of all Loddon Anglers, even those who live in Lower Earley and Winnersh!!