Department for Transport written question – answered at on 16 June 2025.
Blake Stephenson
Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the new NaFRA flood zone data, published on 25 March 2025 on plans for an East West Rail station at Tempsford.
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The new flood risk assessment (NaFRA) published by the Environment Agency in March 2025 is an improved service which now includes surface water data. EWR Co. is already considering the new NaFRA flood zone data in the development of all its plans, including at the new Tempsford Station. This data will be built on where needed, with more detailed bespoke models to ensure proposals appropriately manage flood risk to new infrastructure and surrounding communities.
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