Severn Barrage Details Unveiled

Reading between the lines:

This so-called study is going to rubber-stamp approval to proceed with the Severn Barrage.

<"The study will assess the costs, benefits and impact of harnessing tidal power from the estuary, and identify a single preferred project.

Some environmental groups have warned that a barrage could affect wildlife.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said it would put thousands of birds, salmon and other fish at risk.

The estuary contains mudflats, saltmarshes, rocky islands and food that support some 65,000 birds in winter.

Mr Hutton said the study would recognise .......">

Big business will get in behind the construction, for more massive profits, paid for by the long-suffering taxpayer, as usual.

As far as the wildlife: <".....the nature conservation significance of the estuary"> will of course be recognised, a few photos taken, a Study written up, and otherwise ignored.

No more Severn tidal bore, either.

Kind Regards....

Hi Sparky.

If you remember I wrote about his on a previous post!

I live near to the river Severn and at the moment due to extemely heavy rain the river Severn has broke it's banks as it did last summer, this has caused untold misery to farmers, towns folk near it's banks and wildlife in the vicinity. I also wrote in my previous post about the dangers of constructing a barrage on the river Severn!

This project was first considered in 1974, but it was deemed to destructive to the environment and shelved. Now that there is an extreme shorted of power here in the UK, once again they are considering this possibility.

Our government has now commited itself to nuclear power, but at the same time has decided that the Severn barrage is suddenly not a danger to wildlife? We are also commited to saving the planet, so I cannot see our governments reasoning here. The root of the problem lies in our selfish over use of cheap power since the industrial revolution!!!

Spencer.

"We are also commited to saving the planet, so I cannot see our governments reasoning here."

Look through Sparky's mud filter one more time... £/€/¥/$ Any way you slice it, the money pours out like Severn River water. Wildlife, schmildlife, deer don't vote, ducks don't pay taxes, and the tame lemurs living in the cities demand electricity. There's your...