More infoSomerset councillors have urged the Environment Agency (EA) to rethink its planned cuts to flood prevention work on the Levels and Moors. The EA has responded that the cuts represent the work with the least benefit to Somerset residents and would not lead to any significant increase in local flood risk. The money spent on cutting grass around local trees could have been put better to use in flood risk management. He said: "It's important to note that we still do spend many millions of pounds every year across Somerset. "We maintain hundreds of assets, maintaining water level control structures, sluices, weir, pumping stations and our flood warning service.