Weekly Intelligence Brief

Call for tidal barrier tokeep sea from our door

8 May 2008

WE have heard of Walton-on-the-naze and Wells-next-the-Sea but what about Peterborough-on-Sea?
The city could end up a seaside town and nearby Spalding an island unless a tidal barrier is built across the Wash.

That is the stark warning from Cambridgeshire developers, The Wash Tidal Barrier Corporation, who claim sea level rise and climate ADVERTISEMENTchange are major threats to The Wash coast and Fenland environment.

They say sea level is predicted to rise by at least one metre by 2100 and sea temperatures, already 1°C higher, are increasing by 0.4°C each decade.