Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 12 May 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(1) if she will estimate how many properties in Cheltenham will be affected by flooding in a once in 100-year event if no bund is constructed at Cox's Meadow;
(2) if she will estimate how many properties will be affected by flooding in a once in 100-year event if (a) the Cheltenham Flood Alleviation Project including the bund at Cox's Meadow and (b) the Cheltenham Flood Alleviation Project approved in 1998 is constructed;
(3) if she will publish the results of modelling used to assess the impact of flooding in Cheltenham of a once in 100-year event;
(4) if she will make a statement of the expected impact on Cheltenham caused by a once in 100-year flooding event.
The final stage of the Cheltenham Flood Alleviation Scheme is currently being considered by Defra for formal approval.
The Project, including the bund at Cox's Meadow and the Project approved in 1998, was designed to protect over 600 properties from flooding up to, and including, a one in 100 year flood. I understand from the Environment Agency (EA) that with no bund constructed at Cox's Meadow, the majority of the 600 properties identified at risk before the project began would remain vulnerable.
The extent and impact of the 100 year modelled floods were published in the EA's Environmental Report for the Combined Works Contract dated October 2003. This report is available from Cheltenham Library or the local EA office at Tewkesbury. A summary of the modelling that has been prepared for the EA by their consultant's specifically for the benefit of interested parties and members of the public is also available from the local EA office.
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