The Environment Agency’s Thames estuary 2100 strategic tidal flood risk management plan for the Thames estuary will show what actions are needed to manage flood risk through to the end of the century.
In the Greater London area there are a total of 51 capital flood risk management schemes ongoing or planned to start within the next five years ranging in value from £100,000 to £11.4 million and significantly reducing flood risk to over 72,000 properties.
The major capital schemes taking place in London are:
Thames Barrier and Associated Gates Improvements
Bermondsey and Deptford—Deptford Creek Tidal Frontages
Barking and Dagenham—Tidal Sluice and Pumping Stations
Salmons Brook Flood Alleviation Scheme (Enfield)
Cobbins Brook Flood Alleviation Scheme (Waltham Abbey)
The Environment Agency has a number of flood risk management projects that are at varying stages of implementation on the Essex coast. One scheme that has just been completed is at Jaywick which cost £10 million.
The Environment Agency is producing a strategic tidal flood risk management plan for the Thames estuary through to the end of the century—called Thames Estuary 2100. This includes the future management of the Isle of Dogs tidal defences and the Thames Barrier which provide protection to the area.
The Environment Agency has worked to raise awareness of tidal flood risk in the Isle of Dogs and presentations have been provided to members of the business community in Canary Wharf. A flood exercise has been developed for the Financial Services Authority based on a breach in the Canary Wharf area to test emergency plans.
Discussions on tidal flood risk and its impacts on transport in the area have been held with Transport for London, London Underground and Docklands Light Railway, and members of the community have signed up to receive the Environment Agency flood warning service.