Cardiff Bay Barage Flashcards
What is a coastal barrage?
A hard engineering scheme to prevent coastal flooding - protect estuaries against the sea and acts as a dam
What does it have the 2nd largest of?
Tidal range in the worl
How long is the barrage?
1.1km long
What does the barrage consist of?
An 800 metre embankment and a 300 metre concrete section containing locks, sluices and a control building
What are sluice gates?
A fundamental and vital flood defence feature of the barrage as they dissipate wave energy
How much did the barrage cost?
£220 million
What are the benefits of the barrage?
- reduce risk of flooding to Cardiff
- improve quality of life
- catalyst for regeneration
What will the flooding of the bay do to birds?
Home to 6,000 birds, it will displace them
What is Gwent Wetlands Reserve?
A new habitat for birds and preserves them
What conflict came from creating the new wildlife reserve?
1,000’s of hectares of land flooded with sewage water - farmers compensated but they joined anti barrage protests
Who opposed the barrage?
- RSPB
- fisheries
- farmers
- friends of the earth
- residents
Who supported the barrage?
- businesses
- governments
- unemployed
