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Longstanding flooding of road with static water for 3 months
Sent to Bath and North East Somerset Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 5709040.
This road has been flooded for 3 months. It is difficult to walk through and hazardous for small cars. There is limited access through the village of Hinton Blewett and so this disrupts access significantly. The water now smells. This is a constant issue now and the 2 drains either side of the road were not cleared properly. The drainage system needs to be dug up and repaired as simply sucking the water out has not solved the problem for two decades now at least.
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We respond to 4 out of 5 reports of road or pavement flooding within 7 working days, once we have decided on the best course of action. You can visit our website to find out what we do and why it can take longer than you might expect.https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/ how-we-deal-problems-road-network
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I am trying to get in contact with the Highways Inspector Nick Sperring who kindly left me a message about this flooding. I would be grateful if he could contact me via my email address initially. I think there has been significant misunderstanding from the answerphone message he left me about permission for access to help resolve this issue.
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I have spoken with Mr Nick Sperring the Highways Inspector for the area on a very fortunate chance meeting. Also present was our local councillor and the Chair of the local parish council. All were aware and frustrated at the ongoing flood situation. From discussion there seemed to be some longstanding confusion over site access permissions and the current drainage situation. The Highways Inspector was to notify BANES Drainage department of the ongoing issue. As yet nothing has been reported back and the flooded road has now been in the flooded state for 4 months with static water in place and very smelly.
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There has been a little progress. The gulley entrances were cleared of silt recently. The road was dry over the summer. The drains are still full of silt and so we still have the first 2 floods on the road as you can see from today’s picture. We have had a significant amount of water down. The road flooded yesterday. Drained overnight but today is flooded again. This is not safe for cars.
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