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Edinburgh Live
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Marie Sharp

East Lothian residents found flood risk difficult to accept, council told

A flood risk map which warned thousands of homes and businesses in Musselburgh were in danger is to be reviewed after it failed to convince people.

A meeting of East Lothian Council was told the Musselburgh Flood Protection Scheme, currently estimated to cost £42.5million, had produced a map showing areas of the town which would be at risk in a major event.

However officers asked councillors to approve a review of the modelling used after telling them the scheme was at risk because the results of the map were not "easy for some residents living in Musselburgh to accept".

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