The Thames is a tidal river making London vunerable to flooding. To protect the city from massive flooding the Thames barrier gates were built in 1982. As they are approaching the mid point of their design life and the requirement to close the gates has been increasing in recent years it raises the question should new or additional gates be built. The environment agency believes we will be ok until 2070. I guess we will see what global warming determines.
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