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COOKHAM MOOR
NOW OPEN
(30
August 2002)
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The B4447 across Cookham Moor has been closed for the last ten days for
the Thames Flood Relief System, but is now open to traffic again. It
was necessary to create a raised
area to stop the flow of water during times of flooding. The raised
area is on the part of the road that runs past the Crown.
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The new raised level of
road under construction
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It was decided not to allow vehicles along
the Causeway during the work, as cracks are appearing in the bridge over
the Fleet.
The Environment Agency started the flood
relief building in Cookham at the end of May 2002 and are currently
building a wall along Marsh Meadow and along the side of the Thames by
Bellrope Meadow. There was the option of a wall or a bunde, but
residents of Berry's Road preferred a wall as the footpath would have been
along the top of the bunde allowing walkers to look into their gardens.
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The new wall along the
side of the Sailing Club
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The Environment Agency have admitted that
the Moor will be flooded more often with the new defence system in
place. Sadly they have had to take down an old two hundred year old
wall along the Thames to complete the work. One wonders what would
have happened if the Marsh Meadow car park had been in existence, as
currently parts of Marsh Meadow look like the Apocalypse.
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The Environment Agency
work site in Marsh Meadow
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Marsh Meadow before the
arrival of the Environment Agency
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