People living on Lincolnshire's coast could be given the chance to relocate to brand new eco-towns. East Lindsey District Council submitted plans to the government to build new towns in two brownfield sites at the former RAF bases Manby and Strubby. The council said it hoped the developments would move communities away from areas at greatest risk of coastal flooding. It is also hoped the new towns would be a model for low carbon living. East Lindsey District Council's chief executive Nigel Howells said that, as well as responding to climate change, there was a need to address the needs of communities affected by flooding. He said: "The whole community in this area is concerned about flooding. "We had some quite serious flood events last summer. Now those were fluvial (river) flooding not coastal flooding but clearly coastal issues are a concern." The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) welcomed the environmentally friendly initiative but spokeswoman Lisa Hopkins said she had some concerns with the location of the new towns. "Although the settlements themselves may be zero carbon, how are people going to get into and out of these settlements? "Are you going to have to build more roads, bigger roads? "That's a big issue," she said.
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