taunton flood management

Question 1

burrowbridge

Answer 1

A361 flooded for 10 weeks which cut off villages such as muchelney for 2 months.

Question 2

overall cost of flooding

Answer 2

£2.5 billion

Question 3

burrowbridge methods

Answer 3

-Floodgates on A361
-raised levees at confluence of river parrett and river tone
-dredging from April 2014- £6 million for 8km
-£2.5 million to improve and expand pumping stations- northmoor

Question 4

west taunton

Answer 4

-came very close to flooding in 2012
-allocated 6000 new houses by 2025

Question 5

west taunton methods

Answer 5

• greenspace overspill at longrun meadow which could store 1.8 million cubic meters of floodwater
  -dam and flood storage upstream at Norton fitzwarren

Question 6

east taunton

Answer 6

-came very close to flooding in 2012
-allocated 6000 new houses by 2025

Question 7

east taunton method

Answer 7

-new housing development of 42 flats built on raised platforms
-river straightening and concrete walls at fire pool wier

Question 8

taunton 20 year plan

Answer 8

-20 year plan funded by the environment agency and growth deal
-prject has been called taunton strategic flood alleviation improvements scheme
-estimated cost is £6 billion