Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 119070

Inland Waterways: West Sussex

Tabled: 9 March 2026

Answered: 17 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Alison Griffiths

Conservative — Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what watercourse maintenance and channel clearance works the Environment Agency carried out on the Aldingbourne Rife in the last 24 months; and what further works are planned in 2026–2

Answer

Emma Hardy

The Environment Agency has invested over £735,000 in the past two years on routine vegetation clearance and channel maintenance across the Aldingbourne Rife and connected watercourses. Each May the Environment Agency inspects the channel, followed by mach...

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