Implementation of flood bank set back measure

This option consists of the construction of a new clay embankment, 15 m to 30 m (setback) behind the existing “soke dike”, the ditch on the marsh side of the river bank, which traps saline water that soaks through from the river, preventing its spread across the reedbed. Source: BAM Nuttall. Case study: https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/metadata/case-studies/regional-flood-management-by-combining-soft-and-hard-engineering-solutions-the-norfolk-broadlands