Posted on 19/12/2016 09:28
It was reported on the news this morning that flood defence spending on the Thames will by four times the spend on all the rivers in Yorkshire combined.
Fair?
Put another way......according to the Huffington Post, flood defence spending per person of the local population will be 5 times higher in the south east than in the north of the country.
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Posted on 19/12/2016 17:19 by WherenextI read somewhere that they are using the cost effectiveness of the protection as the basis and we all know that property prices in the South East are completely out of all proportion to the rest of the country so is anyone really surprised by their decision making?
ps Ian, Yorkshire is not alone in being done down too. Those people who were flooded out in Cumbria last Christmas won't be seeing the same concern as say Henley will.
Posted on 19/12/2016 19:33 by JVB66But then of course there is a bit of a difference between population levels and amount of properties and infrastructure that needs protecting from damage
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