The Environment Agency’s planning applications to extend the flood barrier banks in the Clifton and Rawcliffe area are going to the planning committee on 12 September 2019. Notes on the plans and their environmental impact, in and around Rawcliffe Meadows and other green areas close to the ings.
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Photos and notes on the first stages of the Scarborough Bridge upgrade, which will replace the old pedestrian bridge with an accessible and flood-proof bridge.
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The Foss in the area between Castle Mills Bridge and Blue Bridge. Photos and observations. A continuation of recent ‘Castle Gateway studies’.
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Photos of work at the Foss barrier, and links to and info on the planning application for the temporary platform to enable necessary improvements.
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Signs in windows on Walmgate and Fossgate show that, for some, things aren’t back to normal yet after the flooding of the Foss.
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Flood risk and financially viable futures: should the ground floor of this former almshouse by Foss Bridge become a restaurant?
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The ‘lodge’ building on the fire station site, Peckitt Street. Flood risk means it is likely to be lost in the redevelopment of the site.
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Floodwaters divert me towards a rusty relic and a bit of Clifton’s history, a remnant of an old path by the Ouse.
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