One of the complaints during the 2007 Floods was about the levels of silt in the Letcombe Brook and there were calls for this to be looked into by the Environment Agency for the future. I have been following this up with the Letcombe Brook Project Officer recently in the light of some flood grant money which has been made available through the Vale of White Horse District Council.
This week County Highways have started the work in Grove and have been out every day since Monday and are due to finish tomorrow. This is sure to make a big difference to the flow of the brook under the arches of the bridge at The Green which is where the work is taking place.
Work will also be done in Wantage at The Mill once this has been given the all clear to go ahead.
Hopefully both of these schemes will help to alleviate some of the flood risk should the heavy rains reappear in the future.
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