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Residents set for floods advice £23m flood defences 'inadequate'
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The Environment Agency is sending its Flood Risk Manager to Cheltenham on Monday to meet residents affected by the recent flooding crisis. The Environment Agency has admitted that parts of Gloucestershire's new £23m flood defence scheme proved to be inadequate in its first big test.
It is hoped the visit will help the agency address residents' concerns. The admission came from Anthony Perry, the agency's flood risk manager, at a meeting with Cheltenham residents.
The move follows the devastating flooding in July, when the agency's new £23m flood defence scheme failed to protect parts of the town. The visit follows the devastating flooding in July, when the scheme failed to protect parts of the town.
Hundreds of thousands of people were left without tap water during the crisis. Hundreds of thousands of people were left without tap water during the flooding crisis.
Mr Perry told them at a meeting on Monday that it was clear the scheme did not protect the whole area, and they had concerns over its efficiency in areas of Cheltenham.
Now the agency is in negotiations with the scheme's consultants over who should pay for any extra work that is needed, residents heard.