Clearly it is not feasible to design bridges and other structures to withstand a once-in-one-thousand-year event. However, could the Secretary of State please tell us how the frequency and risk of such events are calculated, when they were last calculated and whether a recalculation, with consequent changes to the design of structures such as bridges, is likely to happen?
Flooding (Cumbria)
Proceeding contribution from
Tom Levitt
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 November 2009.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Flooding (Cumbria).
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