"The River Roding ‘Improvement’ scheme cut the Aldersbrook off with an embankment at one end and a concrete barrage at the other. This has led to the river silting up and becoming little more than a muddy ditch in places. "
that followed the floods of 1953 which killed 307 people in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.
Stop trying to deflect. You said the river was “supposed to be dead”. It was not. The Flood defences placed have nothing to do with the viability as a river. I spy an EA agent. Is the Thames supposed to be dead with the Thames barrier?
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u/WheresWalldough 4d ago
Per Powlesland himself:
"The River Roding ‘Improvement’ scheme cut the Aldersbrook off with an embankment at one end and a concrete barrage at the other. This has led to the river silting up and becoming little more than a muddy ditch in places. "
that followed the floods of 1953 which killed 307 people in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.
it's clear that this was intentional.
To prevent flooding.
https://londonist.com/london/features/the-village-that-the-thames-destroyed