Managing tidal flood risk through London and the Thames estuary including the Thames Barrier.
Background
The Thames Estuary 2100 project (TE2100) was established in 2002 with the aim of developing a long-term tidal flood risk management plan for London and the Thames estuary. The project, lead by the Environment Agency, covers the Tidal Thames from Teddington in West London, through to Sheerness and Shoeburyness in Kent and Essex. A key driver for the project was the need to develop an adaptable long term plan in the context of a changing estuary. It was acknowledged that the Thames was changing in relation to its climate, people and property in the floodplain and an underlying essential but ageing flood defence system.
TE2100 Flood Risk Management Plan
The TE2100 Plan consultation document presents the results of a detailed assessment and appraisal of the options available to manage flood risk; their economic costs, benefits and environmental impacts. It sets out the strategic direction for managing flood risk in discrete policy areas across the estuary, and contains recommendations on what actions the Environment Agency and others will need to take in the short (next 25 years), medium (the following 40 years) and long term (to the end of the century). The Plan is based upon current guidance on climate change, but is adaptable to changes in predictions for sea level rise and climate change over the century.
Consultation
The public consultation on the Thames Estuary 2100 Plan ran through April, May, June and July and has now closed. We will now feed the responses into the development of the final TE2100 Plan which will go to Defra at the end of this year.
Although the Consultation has ended you can still view the Consultation Plan by following this link.
