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Construction to start on 93 new flood defences Construction to start on 93 new flood defences
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Construction is to start on 93 new flood defences in England this year to improve protection for more than 64,000 homes, the government has said.Construction is to start on 93 new flood defences in England this year to improve protection for more than 64,000 homes, the government has said.
It added that there was extra funding for projects to unlock economic growth.It added that there was extra funding for projects to unlock economic growth.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said that new defences in Exeter, for example, would create more than 1,000 jobs and protect businesses employing 4,700 people.The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said that new defences in Exeter, for example, would create more than 1,000 jobs and protect businesses employing 4,700 people.
The government said the new schemes would "bring huge relief".The government said the new schemes would "bring huge relief".
Defra said that it expected 165,000 homes to be better protected by 2015 - some 20,000 more than its previous target.Defra said that it expected 165,000 homes to be better protected by 2015 - some 20,000 more than its previous target.
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said £2.3bn was being invested by government up to 2015, with an additional £148m in partnership funding contributions from local councils, businesses and private investors.Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said £2.3bn was being invested by government up to 2015, with an additional £148m in partnership funding contributions from local councils, businesses and private investors.
He said: "The 93 schemes given the green light today will bring huge relief to tens of thousands of homes and businesses that have lived with the fear of flood waters hitting their doors.He said: "The 93 schemes given the green light today will bring huge relief to tens of thousands of homes and businesses that have lived with the fear of flood waters hitting their doors.
"They can get on with their daily lives and work knowing that there are well-built defences.""They can get on with their daily lives and work knowing that there are well-built defences."
The new defences will include: Some of the largest projects include:
  • A partnership-funded £50.5m scheme in Leeds that, Defra says, will protect 495 businesses and create 18,000 jobs
  • A £28.6m sea defence in Great Yarmouth
  • New sea defences at Anchorsholme in Lancashire
  • A tidal barrier in Ipswich
  • £14.5m flood defences at Grimsby Docks in Lincolnshire
  • A scheme on the east bank of the River Arun, protecting Littlehampton in West Sussex
  • More than £80m on coastal defences at Rossall, Lancashire, improving protection to more than 6,000 homes
  • A partnership-funded £50.5m scheme in Leeds that, Defra says, will protect 495 businesses and create 18,000 jobs in the city
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  • Improved protection for 14,000 homes from £14.5m flood defences at Grimsby Docks in Lincolnshire
  • A £28.6m sea defence in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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  • New sea defences at Anchorsholme in Lancashire, at a cost of £28.4m
  • More than £16m being spent on River Thames tidal defences
  • A £10m scheme on the east bank of the River Arun, protecting Littlehampton in West Sussex
Environment minister Richard Benyon said the schemes announced on Thursday were those going ahead in the next financial year, and that more would follow in the future - possibly including areas hit by flooding before Christmas.
"There are a number of schemes that will need to be taken forward in the areas that have had serious flooding, but no scheme goes from commissioning, from the idea of thinking them up, to commissioning in a year," he said.
"These are complicated engineering projects many of them, and we have to be absolutely conscious that we're dealing with taxpayers' money."