Ipswich flood-defence project is a Cut above others

26 March 2008
 
A £40M-plus flood defence proposal for Ipswich has moved one step closer after the Environment Agency announced the first phase of funding for the scheme.

A tidal surge barrier across the River Orwell is the main part of the proposals put forward by partners behind the Ipswich Flood Defence Management Strategy, including Ipswich Borough Council.

Work is expected to start early next year on the first phase of the scheme, which will see river banks being raised near Bath Street and the Wet Dock entrance. The barrier will be constructed across the New Cut, opposite the Island site, once further funding has been secured, and is expected to be in operation early in 2012. It will safeguard the town from a one-in-300 chance of flooding from a tidal surge.

Currently, the town is safe only against a tidal surge between one-in-20 and one-in-100 chance of flooding in any one year. The project is one of the Environment Agency’s largest at present, with the barrier alone forecast to cost £30M.

Project manager, Nicolas Rowlinson, said: ‘The tidal surge barrier will be in the lower part of the Orwell in the New Cut, probably in its mouth. The exact position will be determined in coming months and the barrier will be tied into the high ground with new flood defences.

‘Everything upstream of the barrier will be protected against a flood from a surge tide, which is the principal flood risk for the town.’

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