Advertisement Prime Minister visits dredging site on Somerset Levels David Cameron is in Somerset to see how the county is recovering after the floods and storms. Share Tweet Reddit
31 March 2014 at 7:00am Dredging on Somerset Levels to begin this morning The River Tone at the height of the floods. Credit: PA Dredging of the River Tone and River Parrett has begun this morning on the Somerset Levels. A four-kilometre stretch of each river will be dredged near Burrowbridge. The Government had promised work would begin before the end of March. Last updated Fri 4 Apr 2014 Read more 9 updates Prime Minister visits dredging site on Somerset Levels UK Somerset Somerset Levels Share Tweet Reddit
Dredging begins on Somerset Levels People living on the Somerset Levels have campaigned for it for years. Today they celebrated as diggers moved in to dredge the rivers.
Dredging of the Somerset Levels begins Three months after the Somerset Levels was struck by the worst floods in 250 years dredging of the rivers has begun.