Susan Jefferies

Many of you will have noticed that there is an almost permanent flood across the Waterloo Road just north of the Brookside Caravan Park.

In the past the County Council has regularly cleared the ditch alongside the road, which prevents the water from encroaching on the road. The County Council has apparently stopped doing this, if you look at the ditch it is now badly overgrown and blocked with silt. The policy is to insist that the landowner, in this case the owner of the field above the road, takes responsibility. The owner has been informed and he has made a valiant attempt to clear the drain under the road, however I would doubt that he has equipment suitable to clear the ditch properly.

The County Council has however managed to send a van out to erect two road signs stating ‘Flood’.