{"id":44304,"date":"2014-06-27T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T08:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=580d6f27b7549642ce15cc7d93539245"},"modified":"2014-06-27T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T08:56:00","slug":"news-story-robert-goodwill-sees-teesside-flood-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=44304","title":{"rendered":"News story: Robert Goodwill sees Teesside flood recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Transport minister Robert Goodwill has visited Teesside to find out how areas hit by last winter\u2019s tidal surge have been recovering.<\/p>\n<p>As the ministerial representative for flood recovery for the north-east, he visited the Riverside Terminal in Billingham to see how it had been affected. The minister also saw first hand how flooding had impacted the nearby community of Port Clarence.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Goodwill said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Flooding on Teesside had a severe impact on many local people and businesses. I was very pleased to have the opportunity to thank all those who have helped the recovery and to discuss how flood resilience and response can be improved in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I was impressed by the local community spirit and the determination to recover as quickly as possible. I am pleased the government has been able to provide \u00a39 million funding for a flood defence scheme at Port Clarence and Greatham.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The minister attended a meeting of local responders at the Cleveland Emergency Planning Unit, to hear their experiences and discuss lessons learned ahead of next winter. Following the visit, Robert Goodwill will be reporting back to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Committee on Flooding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact\" id=\"contact_1016\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Local transport media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Press enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 3118\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out of hours<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 4292\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Public enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 330 3000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister pays tribute to Teesside\u2019s determination and resilience as recovery continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}