On Monday DEFRA announced changes to the way funding will be allocated to flood and coastal defence schemes. These reforms are intended to provide an improvement in transparency whilst at the same time providing greater certainty over potential funding levels from the general taxpayer for every flood and coastal defence project. But uncertainty remains  on [...]

DOC has just been supplied with the latest update from the Environment Agency which outlines the present position on the Folkestone to Cliff End Strategy Schemes. Although funding for various schemes has not been allocated in the 2011/12 spending review, the Environment Agency is working closely with their consultants to look at possible interim measures [...]