jomou Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > These proposals sound perfectly sensible, not to > mention being much more environmentally friendly, > > In fact, the proposals do contain new drainage in > the form of flood meadows etc which hold more > water than a flat lawn - Hang on - so the plans include losing a large grass area where local people play, eat picnics, and relax all year round, over many years, and replace that permanently with a "flood meadow" scheme for the 1 in 75 year storm?! Sorry it doesn't add up. Nor do I want the park turned into Telly Tubby Land with these eyesores built. 'Soft drainage' sounds like a friendly phrase by engineers charged with solving a problem with no money. Surely clever engineers can divert the waters to the other side of the South Circular - the Dutch manage it?!