Dear Sirs

http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/1174 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:25:01 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/685/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-685
We have received the following from Ewan Larcombe of Datchet who has posted here on a number of previous occasions with many insightful contributions. He writes:

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Sir

I have always said 'don't worry about what the Government tell you or even about want they do not tell you, but you should worry about what they dare not tell you.'

In practice the Environment Agency has abandoned watercourse maintenance thus exacerbating the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/685 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:43:39 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/684/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-684 RBWM Press Release 15/05/2007


How much householders and businesses can find out about the flood risk to their homes, shops, offices and factories will be the key focus of the next meeting of Thames Flood Forum, to be held in Addlestone on Tuesday 22 May.

Forum members will look at:

How to find out whether specific homes or businesses are likely to flood
How to get reliable flood warnings to homes and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/684 Wed, 16 May 2007 01:26:22 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/683/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-683
Dear Sir

'Effective consultation is a key part of the policy-making process.' So says Tony Blair. It is just a shame that his words are not put into practice by his minions, because according to recent reports, the Government have apparently failed to consult properly in the matter of Nuclear Power and will have to repeat the process.

It seems to me that the authorities find it both convenient and beneficial to exploit the premeditated misuse of the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/683 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:20:19 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/682/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-682 Press release text included in 'Windsor Now' Forum area ]]> feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/682 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:30:34 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/681/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-681
Sir

Blackwhite

George Orwell (of 1984 fame) would have been very impressed. The Environment Agency's blackwhite propaganda department has been working 24/7 recently.

Now commonly referred to as 'the bl'iters', these people have kept themselves occupied over recent years by adopting watercourses, amending flood maps and producing flood risk assessments for development purposes. Their... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/681 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:19:25 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/680/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-680
"The new international scientific assessment leaves no reason for doubt or fudging about climate change - its real and happening now," Chairman of the Environment Agency, Sir John Harman said.

"We need to invest more in adapting to climate change and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/680 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:25:24 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/679/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-679 The following has been notified to us by Ewan Larcombe and also features on www.jubileeriver.co.uk/
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More needs to be spent, on a 20-year investment programme of flood defences building, to keep up with climate change, according to Environment Agency (EA) chair Sir John Harman in an address to the EA board in... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/679 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:56:02 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/678/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-678
Sir

Thames Region CFMP

Anybody living or working on floodplain in the Thames catchment upstream of Teddington needs to know that the Environment Agency has issued a consultation document 'Managing Flood Risk - Thames Region Catchment Flood Management Plan'.

In their summary document the EA claim 'We maintain the channels to ensure they are free of obstruction and can accommodate high... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/678 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:50:17 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/677/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-677
Sir

Following on from Mr Wanamaker's letter in the press recently, where he comments on the EA's notification of the risk of flooding from 'THE SEA' to a householder living in Maidenhead Road Windsor. Having considered the implications of an EA predicted tsunami reaching Windsor, there are in fact serious issues here as another householder residing in Datchet has received the same risk assessment from the EA regarding his property.

Insurance companies... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/677 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:51:46 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/676/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-676
Dear Thamesweb

Many thanks for your comments dated 28th January 2007.

I agree with you that areas of Maidenhead Road were flooded in 1947 - and some of the houses - although as far as I know the one in question did not.

My point is that the house is well above the river level at the nearest locks - which are over 18 metres above mean sea level at Newlyn - I do not dispute in any way the 1:100 flood risk assessment from the river - that's about... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/676 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:44:36 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/675/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-675
Sir

Have you noticed the similarities between the Home Office and the Environment Agency? To his credit, Home Office Minister John Reid has publicly confessed that his department is 'not fit for purpose'. Unfortunately he was the very last person to admit to failings that have been blatantly obvious for decades to anybody not in the Cabinet. Surely a fundamentally flawed culture where the employees are rewarded with jobs-for-life and inflation proof pensions... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/675 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:36:09 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/674/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-674
Mr Wanakmaker states that Maidenhead Road is well above river level and hence flood level. Sadly 1947 proved otherwise. Much of Maidenhead Road was submerged, especially at the eastern end, during that catastrophe. Indeed the flood waters were to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/674 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:27:19 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/673/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-673
Sir

In the true spirit of a government quango - deny everything, do nothing, and "spin"! The Environment Agency continues to blind us with their incompetence.

The Environment Agency, not content with just building a 110 flawed flood relief scheme, cutting both costs and corners, which then resulted in the flooding of downstream areas, like Wraysbury, Datchet and Old Windsor. These areas would otherwise not have been flooded, as few houses... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/673 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:02:09 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/669/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-669
Sir

With much current debate on climate change, my book (The Rise and Fall of the Jubilee River) has now developed into a film script. With the not very original working title of 'Carry on Flooding' this entirely fictitious but educational scenario will portray the justification, design, construction, operation and associated consequences of a multi-million pound flood alleviation scheme that proved to be sub-standard and resulted in a significant out-of-court... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/669 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:18:51 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/668/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-668
Sir

New Year Greetings to my Environment Agency friends

Another year has passed and it is time for me to offer the compliments of the season to my many friends at the Environment Agency.

It is now four years since thousands of people downstream of Windsor were affected by serious Thames flooding for the first time since 1947. Naturally the EA issued robust denials that the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/668 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 04:31:51 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/667/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-667
Sir

Jubilee River Operating Procedure to be Examined

Predictably Environment Agency employees who have vigorously defended their Jubilee River Operating Procedure since the disastrous flooding downstream of Windsor in January 2003 appear to have had a dramatic change of opinion. A recent EA announcement at the Thames Flood Forum meeting (chaired by retired scientist Tom Crossett) revealed that the engineering firm WS Atkins have been contracted to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/667 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:48:44 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/reply/666/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html#reply-666
Four More Months of Winter and Four years Since the Flooding

In January 2003, many thousands of people near the Thames downstream of Windsor were affected by flooding for the first time in over fifty years. It is now blatantly obvious why the Minister responsible at the time (Elliot Morley MP) refused to hold a Public Inquiry into the role of the Environment Agency and their Jubilee River flood... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/sreply/666 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:39:47 GMT http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/topic/627/t/The-Flood-Relief-Channel-Jubilee-River-Part-II.html

This thread continues an earlier thread, now closed, but linked to here

'The Flood Relief Scheme is not a failure' The Environment Agency is reported as saying in the local Observer newspaper of April 22nd 2005.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/topic/627 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 08:31:33 GMT