Flood defences again

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On the 6/7th Sept and 3rd November I reported that the new BJ Flood defence pumping station had still to be completed. - after the commencement of the work in February 2008

-In the October 2008 issue of the Parish Magazine, Steve Wright’s contribution comments upon the report by the Environment Agency Flood Risk Management and their statement that at the time of going to print (which could be interpreted as the 16th Sept 2008) “the work was nearing completion of the pumping station” and that “When all work is completed screening of the site will be carried out by planting suitable shrubbery”
Yes! - I understand that

Well let me once again advise all in B J and the Agency itself, that work appears to have had little and no significant moves towards completion,

With all the rain and now the huge snowfalls, we have had of late it makes me wonder if all the expense in the new , non-completed B J Pumping Station was really necessary. After all we have all seen "down pour, upon down pour" and "wide spread flooding" thro-out many areas in the country, but not here in B J this last year .

Is it, that all the embarrassing and frenetic, renewed cleaning and clearing of the county's natural drainage ditches, dykes, becks etc (which have been in existence for years ), has really been effective and re-established the results for which they were initially created for ?

.. or have I missed something?
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