Cardiff Bay Barrage

Question 1

Why is the water inaccessible for 14 hours a day?

Answer 1

The low tidal conditions

Question 2

What will the barrage do?

Answer 2

Will reduce the risk of flooding in the inner harbour area

Question 3

What shape is the barrage

Answer 3

S-shaped tidal dam

Question 4

What does the barrage consist of?

Answer 4

800 long embankment of sand and rock

300m concrete section for control buildings and sluices

Question 5

Why are sluice gates good?

Answer 5

They’re a fundamental and vital flood defence. They will dissipate the wave energy

Question 6

How much did the project cost?

Answer 6

£200 million

Question 7

Facts on the artificial lake (2)

Answer 7

Covers the city’s mudflats with seawater

Costs £9-12 million to maintain each year

Question 8

For the barrage (4)

Answer 8

Protects the city from flooding
Improves quality of ice and leisure activities
Creation of 30,000 jobs
Aesthetically pleasing to look at the fake lake

Question 9

Conflicts and solutions (4)

Answer 9

Friends of the Earths Cymru say the fake lake and barrage destroy nationally important lakes
Some are angry about how much was invested in a lake- £200 million
Local fear their home will be destroyed due to the high waters
Causes issues with migratory fish

Question 10

Why are people against the Gwent Wetland Reserve? (4)

Answer 10

It was created to compensate for the loss of feeding grounds
It costed £10.5 million
1000 hectares of farmland were flooded to create the reserve
Farmers lost land and were scared that it would damage remaining farmland