{"id":24585,"date":"2020-02-11T17:01:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=24585"},"modified":"2020-09-12T12:45:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T12:45:45","slug":"controversial-plans-for-dinas-powys-dam-project-scrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/controversial-plans-for-dinas-powys-dam-project-scrapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial Dinas Powys dam project scrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cadoxton river which flows through Dinas Powys <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Plans to build a dam in an ancient woodland near Cadoxton river have been scrapped in a victory for campaigners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) say they will instead look for a more “environmentally friendly alternative”, in a report published today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dam was supposed to be operational later this year as the houses near the river were said to be at a “very high risk” of flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campaigner Cathy Farr welcomed the decision, but made clear that “they are not out of the woods yet”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision to stop the project is being welcomed by residents, who believe that the flood risk was exaggerated and not a good enough reason for destroying the ancient forest which would have been removed to make way for the build. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The forest is home to a variety of trees which are thought to be around 600 years old. The forest is rich in biodiversity which has developed over several hundred years, the campaigners argue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NRW have now acknowledged the loss of wildlife and habits which would have happened if the dam scheme had been gone ahead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, NRW has shortlisted other options following a detailed assessment and consideration for “environmental and social impacts”. The methods under consideration include natural flood management options and alternative water storage systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NRW has now urged locals to help them further consider any other “viable options to help reduce the flood risk”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A public meeting is due to be held on the 24th of February<\/strong> to seek out other alternatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plans to build a dam in an ancient woodland near Cadoxton river have been scrapped in a victory for campaigners. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) say they will instead look for a more “environmentally friendly alternative”, in a report published today. The dam was supposed to be operational later this year as the houses near the river were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[743,744,750],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24585"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24649,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24585\/revisions\/24649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}