Flood defence work starts at Hedon

THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY is about to start flood defence work at Hedon to improve the flood protection for over 350 properties.
They will be raising the low spots in the existing flood banks along Burstwick Drain, starting tomorrow 23 November 2009. The town suffered during the major region-wide floods of 2007.
The work will be complicated by [...]

Flood Watch – North Sea Coast at Bridlington

The coastline from Bridlington to Barmston is on flood watch today Sunday 1st November 2009 as heavy rain continues.
The Environment Agency has raised the level of alert for the area earlier this morning and is continuing to monitor the situation.
See the Environment Agency for more information.

The Floods – Freak weather event or first of many? #BAD09

The floods have changed how I see the world. Whenever it rains you think ‘is it all going to happen again?’

These words from a school student in Hull sum up the fears of thousands of people in Hull and Holderness whose lives were dramatically affected by the summer floods of 2007.
The rainfall in the UK [...]

Waste Incinerator: HOTI Chair declares that fight is only just beginning!

Over 100 people attended the Hull and Holderness Opposes The Incinerator public meeting in Hedon’s Alexandra Hall last night (Friday 26th June 2009).
Campaigner Malcolm Lynn explained the background to the campaign and HOTI’s objections to the proposed incinerator and appeal for more positive and sustainable  alternatives to be used instead.
Laura Gyte, a laywer from the [...]

National Flood Protection proposals may leave the East Riding at greater risk of flooding

The East Riding Council’s ruling Councillors have pledged to fight flood-management proposals drawn up by the Environment Agency. The Council maintains that the proposals will direct future investment in flood defences to urban areas at the expense of rural areas like the East Riding.
On the East Riding Council Website Council leader Stephen Parnaby states that [...]

HOTI (Hull and Holderness Oppose the Incinerator) public meeting in Hedon

The HOTI group (Hull and Holderness Oppose the Incinerator) is to hold a public meeting in Hedon on Friday 26th June  2009, 6:30pm at the Alexandra Hall.
The meeting will provide the latest information on the campaign to prevent the building of a waste-burning incinerator at Saltend near Hedon.
The Waste Recycling Group Ltd already has planning [...]

Consultation on Permit for Waste Incinerator at Saltend near Hedon

The BBC has reported that a month long consultation begins today (7th April, 2009) on plans to issue an operating permit for a waste-burning incinerator at Saltend.
The Waste Recycling Group Ltd already has planning permission to build an incinerator but has now re-submitted an application for a permit to operate the facility.
In its press release [...]

Interim flood defences in Hedon

The Environment Agency has commissioned some work on Burstwick Drain in Hedon to raise the bank at low points, and build flood walls where necessary, as part of a wider £2m project to strengthen flood defences aimed principally at protecting Burstwick which was hit hard by the floods in July 2007.
At Hedon Haven pipes will [...]