The Jubilee River independent e-mag.

Flooding: A critical review of causes, consequences, and probability reduction.

This independent e-mag was initially created to expose and highlight Environment Agency incompetence and failure on the £110m Jubilee River flood alleviation project in Datchet, but now reveals the facts and the truth about  sub-standard flood defences nationwide, flood defence failures, neglect of watercourse maintenance (thus increasing the probability of flooding), property insurance difficulties, continuing development on flood plain and related matters of national significance, especially responsibility without accountability, and finally the Environment Agency culture of 'smug arrogance' and neglect of 'duty of care' and their shortage of both engineering and mathematical expertise.  Unfortunately the Environment Agency can no longer be trusted and are not 'fit for purpose'.

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BNFFAG and contact details

Hull Catchment Flood Management Summary (930kB)

 Morpeth Flood Action Group 

Freuchie Flood Action Group

'Do we really want to highlight these in public' (Barbara Young - EA CEO - Nov 2003)

“We know the Jubilee River works, there is no question about it. Nonetheless, the Atkins reviews do raise important concerns that the Environment Agency is addressing with urgency.” (Chris Birks - EA Thames region director - August 2004)

 

'a monument to EA skills shortage'

(Prof. Knight in evidence to House of Commons EFRA Committee)

WARNING   Jubilee River - key facts   What's wrong with the Jubilee River?

Archive index   Complaints to the flooding Ombudsman

Flooding Technical papers and reports   EA agrees £2.75m settlement

Jubilee River - Guided Tours      Thames Catchment Flood Management Plan

EA plan to liquidate Lock keepers   EA lose Crown Immunity  

Who's who at the EA?      Watercourse maintenance problems?

  CCTV  and live links   Government response to EFRA report

 Floods and Water Bill (link to Defra)  Wraysbury - 1947 floods

   Archive index   How to contact me   Alphabetical index page

 

The EA empire builders continue to give excuses and deny responsibility for flooding, yet demand more money, power and influence without being accountable to the people who pay their wages!  Those that I have met are smug, arrogant and complacent and I have no confidence that these office-bound button pushers (tied by internal conflicts of interest) are capable of doing the right job right, or supporting the national interest.

                

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4/7/09 - Letter from River Hull FLAG to Councillors

4/7/09 - National flood protection proposals would leave East Riding at risk! (ERY Council)

3/7/09 - We need to know much more say flood victims (Morpeth Herald)

26/6/09 - £20,000,000,000 investment needed over next 25 years

26/6/09 - Flood defences need £1bn per year spend(NCE)

26/6/09 - Latest EA flood risk assessments (Planning Portal)

25/6/09 - Still not home two years after floods (Hull Daily Mail)

24/6/09 - Defending Critical Infrastructure (ICE Report)(1.8Mb)

22/6/09 - Not a dry eye left in the house (Hull Daily Mail)

21/6/09 - Deja vu??  MPs allowances - complaint against M Trend dated 2002

................ ''MP fights complaints as constituents flood''.............

19/6/09 - 800,000 homes face flood risk (Telegraph)

18/6/09 - Moreton-in-Marsh flood petition (Hansard)

9/6/09 - River Dodder flood alleviation scheme - pictures and report (Dublin - Eire)

8/6/09 - Torrential rain brings flood chaos (Telegraph)

7/6/09 - Further Datchet proposals to build on floodplain

7/6/09 - Datchet in Flood, 1875 (by Janet Kennish)(2Mb)

27/5/09 - Who has been using weed killer adjacent to the Jubilee River? (photo's)

21/5/09 - Ruth Kelly's flood money (Mail on line)

19/5/09 - 'It would be very embarrassing to all concerned..........'(1992 PI extract)

18/5/09 - Protecting Hull (and the surrounding East Riding area) from future flooding

18/5/09 - The Draining of the Hull Valley (by June A Sheppard)(1Mb - pdf.)

13/5/09 - Elliot Morley claimed £16,000 for mortgage that did not exist (Telegraph)

13/5/09 - Puxton flood plain plan recommended for approval (Kidderminster Shuttle)

12/5/09 - BNFFAG - Flood Update 2 (May 2009)

12/5/09 - New flood protection plan for Sunk Island (Hull Daily Mail)

11/5/09 - Talks aim to solve lock keepers' pay dispute (Oxford Times)

9/5/09 - Parliamentary Answer ref Pitt Review implementation (Hansard)

9/5/09 - Oxfordshire ordered to build 55,200 homes by 2026 (Bicester Advertiser)

9/5/09 - 'The Environment Agency will not talk to me!!!'  (e-mailed response from Ian Tomes)

8/5/09 - Space reserved for St. Ives flooding report

8/5/09 - Burnt-out boat in old Windsor Lock (photo and letter - Mrs G Bolton)

7/5/09 - This is what a proper flood bank should look like............

7/5/09 - £100m flood defence scheme planned for Leeds (NCE)

7/5/09 - E-mail ref Cllr J Grey from Ian Thompson

How to contact me

29/4/09 - Floods Bill criticised for creating SUDS confusion (NCE)

24/4/09 - Myrke flood bank - current structural condition (Ian Thompson)

Myrke flood bank - 2004 pictures

24/4/09 - Cllr Jesse Grey - RBWM Mayor elect

21/4/09 - Floods and Water Bill published for consultation (Link to Defra)

20/4/09 - Plug pulled on Windsor Hydropower project

18/4/09 - £10m overhaul begins on Hull tidal barrier

Engineers examine the huge structure in preparation for a multi-million renovation of the barrier which protects the Old Town from tidal surges.

17/4/09 - EA refuses £3m Abingdon flood defences (Abingdon Herald)

16/4/09 - £85k for Gilberdyke village flood defences (Hull Daily Mail)

15/4/09 - New flood walls for Morpeth (Morpeth Herald)

8/4/09 - EA proposals for new Thames Barrier (NCE)

7/4/09 - Flooding relief work nears end (Oxford)

6/4/09 - MP asks why flood task force has never met (Hull Daily Mail)

6/4/09 - Myrke flood bank still deteriorating (pictures - 1.2mB)

2/4/09 - Pitt Report (House of Commons - Hansard)

2/4/09 - 'Making Space for Water' but how much? (e-mail from Harry B)

How to contact me

27/3/09 - NFU President pledges support for farmers' fight on flooding (Driffield Times)

25/3/09 - Letter from Ian Thompson about RBWM Councillors

25/3/09 - Pictures of 1947 flood - Wraysbury (by HH of Churt)

19/3/09 - Defra and EA launch project to protect Pickering (York Press)

16/3/09 - Oxford Flood Management Consultation (link to EA)

14/3/09 - Councillors vote against flood forum (Open letter to Cllr Burbage)

12/3/09 - Flooding in Somerset (David Heath) House of Commons Debate

6/3/09 - South Abingdon residents form SAFE group to fight flood plain buildings plans

5/3/09 - An unexpected response from my Borough Councillor (e-mails)

4/3/09 - 'Elected politicians who just can't be bothered' (MV- Brandesburton)

3/3/09 - Plug pulled on green electricity for the Queen (Times on line)

1/3/09 - Property-level flood protection grant scheme - revised

How to contact me

28/2/09 - MEP asks EA to reconsider flood plans (Driffield Times)

26/2/09 - Flood risk homes face insurance misery (Reading Times)

24/2/09 - Flooding useful farmland (Telegraph)

23/2/09 - Secret diary of the Minister for Folding Deckchairs (Mail on line)

23/2/09 - MP checks work on Pickering flood barrier (York Press)

20/2/09 - Push to get Morpeth to sign up for flood alerts (Morpeth Herald)

18/2/09 - Complaint to Lord Smith (EA Chairman) about flood warnings (e-mail)

16/2/09 - Complaint about flood warnings (PM of Wraysbury)

16/2/09 - Complaint about EA flood warning system

13/2/09 - Complaint from flood warden about EA flood warning system

13/2/09 - How to complain to the flooding Ombudsman (EA leaflet)

13/2/09 - Can we get any more water under the bridge? (photo 450kB)

13/2/09 - DANGER - fast flowing flood water (Old Windsor) (photo - 2.6mB)

12/2/09 - DANGER - fast flowing flood water (Old Windsor) (6.5mB movie)

 

12/2/09 - Here comes the flood water - up another 450mm (Datchet) (350kB picture)

12/2/09 - Flooded footpath safety hazard (Datchet) (350kB picture)

11/2/09 - Here comes the flood water (Datchet) (350kB picture)

9/2/09 - Surge in homes built on flood plains (Mail-on-line)

8/2/09 - Geotextile reinforcement exposed on newly rebuilt floodbank

5/2/09 - BNFFAG flood update

5/2/09 - Data relating to extreme floods (Lords question - Hansard)

4/2/09 - New EA flooding database - 'not accessible to public' (Hansard)

3/2/09 - A Flood Risk Assessment by Graham Fryer

2/2/09 - £18m flood defence for Edinburgh (NCE)

1/2/09 - River still needs a clean out - by G Woodcock (Morpeth Herald) Full marks!!!!

 

For items prior to 1/2/2009, please click to view Archive Index.

Archive index

How to contact me

Morpeth Flood Action Group