Flooding update – an interesting find
The flooding of three months ago may be a fading memory for most of us but I have about 50 constituents who are still unable to return to there homes because they have still not dried out.
The reason I thought of the flooding is because I’ve been sitting here at my desk trawling through ‘papers’ on the County intranet and, although I didn’t find what I wanted, I did find an interesting statement buried deep in a report from January this year.
It seems that County Highways haven’t maintained highway drains for several years and the report actually raises concerns about the problems heavy rain could cause. So, as far as I’m aware this gem of information hasn’t come out yet in any of the investigations around the flooding.
Now, I’ve no idea how much difference, if any, it would have made to the extent of flooding if they were still being maintained but I do intend to ask some specific questions around this. Amazing what you find when you’re not looking!
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Matthew, hello,
First, thanks for all your efforts during both lots of flooding in Fazeley, there are a lot of people who are grateful to you. We talked on the morning and you took my details and wrote to me some weeks ago. This new bit of information you write about is very useful. I can’t believe it hasn’t made any difference and I do start to wonder what we pay our taxes for if basic maintenance doesn’t take place. Perhaps you’d keep us informed please.
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