New Report Slams Severn Barrage Plans: A Disaster Waiting to Happen for Wildlife and Fisheries  

[Full report is available to download here] MPs from opposite sides of the House of Commons have joined forces this week to call upon the Government to drop plans for the £23 billion Severn Barrage on environmental grounds. Labour MP Martin Salter (Reading West) and Conservative MP Charles Walker (Broxbourne) have published a detailed 90 page report covering the history and background to the barrage project with an examination of less damaging alternatives. The report, entitled ‘Severn Barrage Digest’ concludes: - The Barrage also looks unaffordable in terms of its impact on the environment.   The construction of a barrage on the scale of the Cardiff to Weston proposal means that large swathes of valuable inter-tidal ground would be permanently submerged and that the populations of wading and migratory birds that rely on it would be deprived of a site of international significance...