{"id":5902,"date":"2026-03-20T14:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=5902"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:36:23","slug":"heybridge-flood-alleviation-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=5902","title":{"rendered":"Heybridge Flood Alleviation Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5902\" class=\"elementor elementor-5902\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d5400f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d5400f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0bb9d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0bb9d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Sir John Whittingdale warmly welcomes the Environment Agency\u2019s commitment to invest \u00a3507,000 in the Heybridge Flood Alleviation Scheme during the 2026\/27 financial year. Flooding has long been a pressing concern for residents, particularly those living near Holloway Road and the surrounding areas. He recognises it has been affecting homes, businesses and daily life.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\" data-start=\"575\" data-end=\"861\">This investment represents a practical and timely step to reduce the risk of flooding and strengthen the community\u2019s infrastructure and local road resilience. Sir John emphasises that such measures are essential not only to protect property but also to safeguard the wellbeing and peace of mind of local residents.<\/p><p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\" data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"1272\">Sir John will continue to engage with the Environment Agency and other stakeholders to ensure that the scheme delivers real and lasting benefits. He believes that this funding marks an important milestone in addressing long-standing challenges and will reflect an ongoing commitment to the safety of the local community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir John Whittingdale celebrates the Environment Agency\u2019s \u00a3507,000 investment in the Heybridge Flood Alleviation Scheme, noting it as an important step to address persistent flooding concerns for local residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5902"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5921,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902\/revisions\/5921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}