On Friday, July 27, 2007 9:21 PM [GMT+1=CET], [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Like the pressure to build the Olympic 2012 site in the one area in > East London where the marshes soak up the flooding from the River > Lea. When the site is covered in concrete and tarmac, where the hell > is all the water going to be controlled? To be fair to the Olympic plans (for the first time in my life), I don't actually think that's one of the issues. The existing land level around the Bow Back Rivers is well above any memorable flood level, abd the Olympic development is actually raising the land level. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
