25 September 2006
The Environment Agency (EA) has opened the largest flood storage project in Europe in Lincolnshire.
The Alkborough Flats Tidal Defence Scheme will reduce the risk of flooding for around 300,000 people in the region.
It will involve breaching the existing flood defences and helping to lower high tide levels by allowing water from the estuary to run over the Alkborough Flats to create a massive flood storage area.
John Pygott, Environment Agency project manager, said: "We are delighted to be able to formally open this scheme and look forward to a successful future for the site.
"It's a great demonstration of the number of benefits this kind of scheme can bring and what a combination of partners working well together can achieve.
"Overall, we are planning to spend more than £80 million in the next five years on a combination of traditional flood defences and managed realignment schemes."
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