‘Delight’ as ring banks give Thorney extra flood protection
The lorries have left, the grass has been seeded, and two ring bank flood protection schemes for the village of Thorney on the Somerset Levels are complete.
Defra and local partners set up Somerset Rivers Authority
People in Somerset will be better able to manage their own flood risks after Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss today (8 December, 2014) announced £1.9 million funding for Somerset Rivers Authority, enabling it to start work next year.
Full steam ahead for Thorney flood protection work
Work has begun on a new ring bank for Thorney on the Somerset Levels, a hamlet badly hit by the floods of winter 2013-14.