Sept/Oct 2014
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Flood defences for Tenbury Wells have been discussed for a number of decades, and possibly even for centuries, given that a substantial part of St Mary’s Church collapsed following the great floods of 1770. In the early years of this century a number of serious floods hit Tenbury and some property was flooded three times in just over a year. Following the floods of 2007 and 2008, flood defences to safeguard the town for the future were widely discussed, but at that time it was
felt that money would not be available to fund a scheme. Local MP Harriett Baldwin has already successfully campaigned for six flood defence schemes in other areas and is on record as saying that Tenbury needs a long-term solution. She has now undertaken to do her utmost to try to secure funding for defences, subject to this being what the people of the town actually want. So that opinion can be gauged, a public meeting is to be held in October in Tenbury, so
people can learn about what might be possible and give their feedback. A meeting has been pencilled in for October 9th in the Pump Rooms, starting at 7pm, but these details are currently provisional and have not been confirmed as we go to press. The hope is that local businesspeople, as well as local residents, will come to the event to put their views forward, particularly as businesses were so badly hit by the flooding of about seven years ago. The fact that the army came to Tenbury in February of this year to help prepare for possible flooding underlines that the risk is still very real, not something that can be consigned to history.
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