Latest Water & Floods News

Tideway, the company building London’s new super sewer Thames Tideway, has released its latest annual report, confirming the capital cost of the project remains £4.5bn, as reported in April.

Knights Brown will provide 1:200 year flood protection along 2.9km of the Cardiff coast using a variety of interventions including rock armour, 19m sheet piles and embankment reinforcement works.

The UK Government has allocated £1.4M to fund eight projects focused on infrastructure climate change resilience.

Jackson Civil Engineering, working on behalf of the Environment Agency, has begun a third phase of ongoing work to secure the coast of the Humber estuary in North East Lincolnshire.

Tunnelling has been completed for the second phase of Singapore’s  S$10bn (£5.8bn) Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) project, which will boost the country’s water recycling capacity.

The £112M Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme Phase 2 (LFAS2) is progressing well according to the city’s council as a six month road closure begins today.

The government has launched a consultation about implementing the "Action Plan", which it issued in February, to make improvements to the nationally significant infrastructure planning regime.

Costain is to donate £55,000 to the Tyne Rivers Trust environmental charity following an investigation into a pollution incident triggered by the contractor during its work to upgrade the A19 Testo’s roundabout.

Barhale has started works to replace the 3km Thames Water’s Haydon End Rising Main pipe in Swindon which has experienced several bursts in recent years.

Restoration of the Chesterfield Canal between Doe Lea Valley and Staveley has moved a step closer with a call for expression of interest for the contract to undertake the work, although the scope of the original scheme has been altered to avoid planning consent lapsing with the elements removed planned…