Dear Sir or Madam,

There has been no regular dredging of the Thames near Marlow since
1996.

Can you please confirm that this failure to dredge has not
increased the risk of flooding in Marlow and Bisham? It seems to be
basic physics that if an engineered watercourse is allowed to
become shallow, it will have less water-carrying capacity and will
over-top its banks with less volume flow. Can you please provide me
with the scientific justification for your response?

There is said to be a proposed system of bunds on the Marlow side
of the Thames to protect areas of Marlow built in the flood plain.
Can you please provide me with details of the proposed defence
system and confirm that these proposed defences will not exacerbate
the risk of flooding in Bisham? Can you please provide me with the
engineering justification for your response?

Thank you in anticipation.

Yours faithfully,

Mike Post

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