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Environment Agency completes Lymington flood defence upgrade
The Environment Agency has completed a two-year project to replace ageing steel tidal flaps with plastic and stainless-steel versions and upgrade flood defences at Toll Road, Lymington, ahead of winter. A regulating valve has been temporarily shut after leaking floats were found, so marsh water levels may look lower than usual until replacement floats are fitted.
Our readReplacing failed steel tidal flaps before winter is maintenance catching up with a known weak point, and the temporarily lowered marsh levels are the visible cost of getting it right rather than a new problem.
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