(RT) Management of Lower Tees Valley

• The Tees Barrage (a manmade barrier across a river) aims to reduce the risk of flooding. The barrage was completed in 1995 and cost £54 million.
• The lower stretches of the Tees estuary are dredged to improve navigation by maintaining a deep-water channel.
• The Tees Barrage has protected around 10,000 new homes
• The barrage was designed to protect against storm surges and flooding at high tide by controlling the flow of the river using 4 hydraulic flood gates