Ken Allison is the Environment Agency’s Director of Allocation and Asset Management, covering flood and coastal risk management (FCRM). This includes planning the allocation of funds and resources across the country to reduce risks to people, property and the environment. He has over 20 years of experience in flood risk, coastal erosion, and related environmental management sectors.
Following the 2013 Spending Review, for the first time we have a longer-term, 6 year plan to improve flood and coastal erosion risk management infrastructure. Our revised investment programme was one of the elements discussed at the recent annual Flood and Coast Conference. …
It’s almost a year since we announced a six-year £2.3 billion flood defence programme to provide better protection for more than 300,000 properties around the country. In that time, we’ve made great progress. The financial security that £370 million a …
