§ Mr. OnslowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals for estuarial barrages in England and Wales are currently known to his Department; and what is the present status of each of them.
§ Mr. HowardThe information requested is as follows:
Barrage and Status
- Mersey—Feasibility studies in progress
- Severn—A number of studies have been completed
- Cardiff Bay—Studies completed—Bill before Parliament
- Swansea (River Tawe)—Construction started in 1989
- Usk (Newport)—Feasibility studies in progress
- Loughor—Feasibility studies completed
- Conway—Feasibility studies in progress
- Rhyl (River Foryd)—Feasibility studies completed. Scheme shelved.
660 - Tyne Tees—Feasibility studies completed. Bill before Parliament. (Strictly this is a river barrage rather than an estuarial barrage).