{"id":246423,"date":"2026-01-19T15:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/246423\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:54:08","slug":"river-avon-flood-defence-in-bristol-will-not-be-built-until-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/246423\/","title":{"rendered":"River Avon flood defence in Bristol will not be built until 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Critical infrastructure like roads and train stations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-bristol-68079527\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">could be affected by higher tides<\/a> and stronger storms and the city&#8217;s transport network could be severed by flooding, according to previous council reports. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The primary threat is from tidal flooding, expected to grow as polar ice sheets melt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The plans include building nine miles of flood defences along the Avon from Swineford to the east of Bristol, through the city centre and up to Shirehampton. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council is working with the Environment Agency and the West of England Combined Authority to get them built. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Construction was initially expected to begin next year, but now won&#8217;t start until the next decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Brown added: &#8220;We are now in contract with Jacobs and work has been progressing well in mobilising the new team and facilitating a smooth transition from the previous phase of the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Our current programme shows an earliest possible construction start in 2030\/31, while opportunities for quick wins and third party delivery opportunities will be continually explored.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Critical infrastructure like roads and train stations could be affected by higher tides and stronger storms and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-246423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}