I held a review meeting with the Environment Agency today at Westminster. I urged they bring forward schemes with the Council for flood alleviation on the Emm, Loddon and Kennet. There is a backlog to fix from past development and action to be taken to handle faster run off of water from new development. The government has hinted that following the Autumn Statement more money is likely to be available for smaller capital schemes that assist development and improve people’s lives.
About John Redwood
John Redwood won a free place at Kent College, Canterbury, and graduated from Magdalen College Oxford. He is a Distinguished fellow of All Souls, Oxford. A businessman by background, he has set up an investment management business, was both executive and non executive chairman of a quoted industrial PLC, and chaired a manufacturing company with factories in Birmingham, Chicago, India and China. He is the MP for Wokingham, first elected in 1987.Map of Visitors
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The River Loddon at the showcase cinema in Earley has a restricted flow of 1/3 of the width
of its natural flow in 2 places under both rail and road bridges EA were going to fix it but now say they have no money this is possibly why the park and ride flooded and the garden
centre I fear the whole of Lower Earley will be under water very soon
The Floodline map as amended is starting to accept this