The Environment Agency has set out a full list of upcoming projects from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 under its £2.65 billion two year flood and coastal erosion risk management investment progranmme between April 2024 to March 2026.
Photo: Boston Flood Barrier
The programme provides information about the multi-million pound projects that will receive an allocation between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026, including:
- Bath Flood Defence Scheme (Twerton gates replacement)
- DDTS Thames Barrier Connectivity Works
- Marlow Newt Ditch Scheme
- Winestead Drain Pumping Station Investigations
- Pevensey Bay Sea Defences
- Team 2100 Programme - Thames Delivery
- River Tame, Bromford and Castle Vale Flood Risk Management Scheme
- Wyre Beach Management Scheme
- Boston Barrage - Barrier Works
- Saltfleet to Gibraltar Point Beach Management
£140 million from the investment programme will also be prioritised for 29 projects that are ready for delivery to help make sure communities are protected as soon as possible. These include:
- Derby FRMS - £35.19 million
- Great Yarmouth Flood Defences - Epoch 3 - £17 million
- River Roch, Rochdale & Littleborough Flood Risk Management Scheme - £12.5 million
The Environment Agency said the 2 year commitment will better protect 52,000 homes and non-residential properties. The Regional Flood and Coastal Committees (RFCCs) support the EA’s approach and have agreed the programme.
However, the Agency is cautioning that the future of multiyear projects is subject to change and the outcome of both annual RFCC consenting and the 2025 Spending Review.
Click here to download the list of schemes to be invested in between April 2025 and March 2026
Click here to download the list of of 29 prioritised projects ready for delivery
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