He said that in future flood situations, the department would pre-deploy the special trucks.
But he warned future flood defence works might be hampered by a tight funding settlement.
On Friday, factory managers attended a presentation about future flood prevention measures.
Using a new database of urban protection and different assumptions on adaptation, we account for existing and future flood defenses.
Dr Lavers said that the findings could be used by the Environment Agency to make more accurate assessments of the future flood risks to parts of the UK.
But the audience at the presentation peppered the managers of the industrial zone with skeptical questions about the timetable of rehabilitation and the reliability of future flood forecasting.
"Before that, I think we had to answer some questions about what was going to happen in the future," Flood said.
A Defra spokesperson said: "As the nuclear regulator has said the UK's nuclear sites are fundamentally safe with protection against current and future flood risk built in.
But that's exactly the project New York and New Jersey should be undertaking as those states make plans for future flood and hurricane protection.
In turn, the insurer passes the flood risk element of the policy on to Flood Re, which then has to pay out any future flood claims.
According to corps figures, the 21-foot levee walls would shield about 1,600 houses and buildings, and save millions of dollars in future flood damages.
