Drainage schemes approved

Today, I spoke at the County Council's Cabinet meeting in support of the drainage schemes which will be required in Grove to help alleviate future flooding. As reported on Sunday, North Drive was flooded due to the heavy rainfall - thanks to Fire & Rescue coming to pump out the water, residents were saved the misery they faced last July. However, I made the point that this is hardly a good use of our resources, when the correct drainage scheme should be put in place now.

I also called for the drainage works necessary for Cane Lane and Vale Avenue to be given urgent consideration and hopefully this will be dealt with as soon as possible. Full details of these have been passed to the County's drainage engineer.

Thames Water needs to play their part too. Any sewer flooding needs to be reported to them immediately so that they can get the works done as soon as possible. As we know, many of these old systems are now outdated and not fit for purpose and this must be sorted in the same way they are supposed to be addressing the water leaks.