Flood protection contract for ABPmer
ABPmer, coastal process assessment expert, has been commissioned by the UK Environment Agency to study changes around Read’s Island on the Humber Estuary to be used for flood defence planning.
The assessment, which will review survey data, historical charts and previous studies undertaken during the last two decades, will help the Environment Agency determine what action it needs to take to maintain current flood protection levels in the area.
Peter Whitehead, associated director, ABPmer, said: “These changes are at their greatest between North and South Ferriby, particularly around Read’s Island. In this area the depth has changed by many metres in some places in short periods of time when the channels have moved.”
The project is due to complete by April 2015.
ABPmer is a recognised provider of coastal process assessments. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Ports Holdings Limited.
By Anne-Marie Causer
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