Flood defence gets green light
Source: Cambridge News
November 08

RESIDENTS in an area hit hard by flooding in recent years are jubilant after plans for flood defences were given the go-ahead.

Planners at Huntingdonshire District Council said yes to the £1.5 million project for Eaton Ford, St Neots.

The Environment Agency will now be able build a flood embankment from the bowling green behind The Paddock through the Riverside car park and towards the road bridge.

There will be flood gates at the entrance to the car park, where the embankment will dip, which will be closed if flood warnings are issued.

Plans for defences submitted a few years back after severe flooding in The Paddock were scrapped.

The new defences will protect 115 homes, including 29 in The Paddock, and three businesses.

Roger Howard, who lives in The Paddock, said: "At the moment I am in a sort of shock situation. We have been fighting for it for so long now. It's brilliant. I am over the moon."

Cllr Bob Farrer, county councillor for St Neots Eaton Socon, said: "It is a good thing and I am pleased it has happened."