Found: This included the source and first five miles of the River Thames drying up for the first time

Found: Management (FCRM) programme joined the GMPP, replacing the five Environment Agency (EA) projects: River

Found: The jetty and platform in the river Thames will enable vessels to moor and unload materials, as well

Found: Centre will be kept to a minimum and that, in particular, the Promoter will keep a footpath along the river

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Douglas-Miller on 14 February (HL1609), what assessment they have made of the adequacy of planned flood protection for Shepperton, Sunbury and Walton-on-Thames under the River Thames Scheme currently going through consultation, given the flooding in 2014 and 2024.

Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The River Thames Scheme is currently carrying out Statutory consultation on its proposals. The consultation has included public events in Shepperton, Walton and Sunbury where over 1,000 people attended and spoke with members of the project team.

The proposals include building a new channel that will significantly reduce the risk of flooding between Staines and Shepperton. The scheme also includes proposals to increase the capacity of the weirs on the Thames at Teddington, Molesey and Sunbury along with lowering the bed of the Thames near Walton. The weir capacity is being increased as much as possible and this will achieve some reduction in risk downstream of Shepperton along the Thames. The level of risk reduction is different in each location.

The level of flood risk reduction that will be achieved is available for everyone to see as part of the consultation. The results are set out in detail in the Modelling report for the scheme which can be found at: RTS Modelling non-technical summary (see attached).

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Found: Specifically , it states that its character is defined by its setting within t he floodplain of the River

Found: by either main party and is from Greenwich Park to the south- east and on the opposite side of the River

Found: Thames.

Found: Teme at Ludlow, Shropshire    River Tone in French Weir Park, Taunton, Somerset   Wallingford Beach, River

Found: Rigorous testing, leaving paper samples in cages in the River Thames, indicated that fingermark ridge

Found: rd Bridge , Clitheroe, Lancashire An area of the River Tamar at Calsto ck, Cornwall An area of the River

Found: site=ukj3400 - 17850 • Wolvercote Mill Stream, an are a of the River Thames at Oxford.

Found: brought civil trespass proceedings against a number of boaters who have moored continuously on the River

Found: Reading-based boat-owner has been convicted and fined for failing to register his boat for use on the River

Found: part of the English coastal path across the river Exe in Devon and a ferry is proposed to cross the river

Found: Canoe Race 2024: notice of event Information on the restrictions affecting the navigation on the River

Found: 2024: intermittent river closure Information on the closures affecting the navigation on the River

Found: River Race 2024: river closure notice Information on the closures affecting the navigation on the River

Found: Rigorous testing, leaving paper samples in cages in the River Thames, indicated that fingermark ridge