cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/73233501

The area between Bromborough and Otterspool has today been revealed as the preferred development zone for the world’s largest tidal power scheme.

Also see https://l1local.co.uk/news/mersey-tidal-barrage-location-funding-2026/

For people around Otterspool, Bromborough and the wider estuary, the unanswered details include the actual shore connections, construction access, any electricity cables and the effect of altered water levels. The official announcement includes a proposed corridor map, but it should not be read as a final construction plan.

… The Mersey estuary is not an empty stretch of water. Its mudflats, saltmarshes and shorelines support feeding and wintering birds, fish and other wildlife. The Mersey Estuary and the Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore have internationally protected habitats. The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside has raised concerns that changing tidal patterns could alter the habitats on which birds and other species depend.