CLA 'relieved' at axing of Severn Barrage plan:
"The CLA today (18 October) welcomed the announcement that the large-scale tidal barrier proposed for the River Severn has been cut by the Government."
CLA Deputy President Harry Cotterell said: "It is a relief. There were huge unresolved problems with the barrage plan, not least the need it would have created to flood many thousands of hectares of good coastal land to provide the compensatory habitat required under European Union law. We were concerned this might have required valleys in other parts of the country to be submerged."
"We were also worried about the proposed scheme's impact on migratory salmon."
Mr Cotterell added: "The CLA advised against going ahead with the Severn Barrage and other schemes involving large-scale barrage. We said that they should look more closely at less harmful options such as underwater turbines or smaller tidal lagoons."
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