[milton-chat] Flooding

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On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Paul Oldham wrote:

> On 15/02/07 21:21 Simon Booth wrote:
>
> > Are the high banks that Jane mentions higher than the 5m contour that
> > Paul mentions?  If not, then it doesn't sound like there's a problem.
> > If they are, then it sounds like there is.
>
> The high banks will be at the northern end of the site. So they're not,
> for example, present at the Fen Road crossing (otherwise the road
> wouldn't get through. In fact I don't think there's any banks south of
> Fen Road (but I could be wrong about that).

As far as I remember, the banks are just around the lake, not the access
channel to the lake.  The reason for them is otherwise the lake wouldn't
meet certain competition standards as it would not be sufficiently
protected from wind, which is apparently a requirement of elite rowing -
it's only an outdoor sport after all, so they can't have the elements
interfering.  So they are not to keep the water in, but to keep the wind
out.

The banks are very high - we reckoned the height of at least a three
storey building, which from a landscape and environmental point of view,
the Council appear to have overlooked.
Heather