[milton-chat] Flooding

[Clarke Brunt]

On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 11:32:02AM +0000, martincambridge at beeb.net wrote:
> The Rowing Lake will effectively bring the River Cam 0.5km 
> nearer to Milton, to the Milton side of the railway 
> embankment.  The DEFRA map already shows a danger of flooding 
> from the River Cam 0.5km on the Milton side of the river, so 
> presumably the Rowing Lake will mean a danger of flooding up 
> to the High Street.

I took at look at the Flood Risk Assessment document on
http://www.cambridgesportlakes.org.uk/ which includes some pretty impressive
aerial pictures of where the water went during the October 2001 floods. I'm
no expert on this lot, but presumably the area between the railway and the
river floods because it's scarcely any higher than the river (Is this the
area on the DEFRA map? Can one view this map somewhere?). Whereas the centre
of Milton doesn't flood because it's quite a lot higher. It will remain this
same amount higher regardless of the construction of the lakes, or indeed of
anything else.

> This will obviously lower village property values

Doesn't sound obvious to me. Well not unless the flood risk altered in the
way you presumed.