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Gullies either side of road causing flooding into the village
Reported via desktop in the Blocked Ditch category anonymously at 12:26, Fri 22 January 2021
Sent to Northamptonshire Highways less than a minute later. ref: 2495040.
Blocked gullies going from the river down towards Glebe Farm causing flooding after heavy rainfall causing highways to flood and flooding private properties when the river bursts it banks. Gullies need unblocking to catch rainfall.
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Thank you for reporting a fault. We will use the information you have provided to assess and prioritise this fault in accordance with our published response times for fault reports.
State changed to: Investigating
Posted by Northamptonshire Highways at 12:27, Fri 22 January 2021
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Thank you for your enquiry regarding the drainage in Blatherwyke. The gullies in the area are on a triennial cyclical programme of works and we are due there in April 2021. To read more about gullies please click here https://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/ councilservices/ northamptonshire-highways/ roads-and-streets/ Pages/ highway-drainage.aspx The response that highways give to flooding is based on risk and our priority is to protect life and wellbeing and to manage property and environmental damage. It should be noted that a gully with silt in is ok. They are designed that way and as long as the outlet is clear the water will drain away, it will just take time. They are not blocked but the amount of rain that fell in January, in a short space of time, meant some gullies could not cope. This means that even recently cleared gullies can, and will be, overwhelmed by the volume of water they have to deal with, and it will take time for water to drain.
Posted by Northamptonshire Highways at 18:11, Mon 8 February 2021
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Thank you for your enquiry regarding the drainage in Blatherwyke. The gullies in the area are on a triennial cyclical programme of works and we are due there in April 2021. To read more about gullies please click here https://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/ councilservices/ northamptonshire-highways/ roads-and-streets/ Pages/ highway-drainage.aspx The response that highways give to flooding is based on risk and our priority is to protect life and wellbeing and to manage property and environmental damage. It should be noted that a gully with silt in is ok. They are designed that way and as long as the outlet is clear the water will drain away, it will just take time. They are not blocked but the amount of rain that fell in January, in a short space of time, meant some gullies could not cope. This means that even recently cleared gullies can, and will be, overwhelmed by the volume of water they have to deal with, and it will take time for water to drain. Update 1-3-21. Thank you for your enquiry. We have raised a works order to repair the defects that you have reported. These works will be undertaken within the next 6 months. On most occasions we are repairing defects of this nature sooner than this target date, however please do not hesitate to contact us should the defects worsen so that our team can carry out a further assessment, attaching a photograph if possible and safe to do so.
State changed to: In progress
Posted by Northamptonshire Highways at 15:50, Mon 1 March 2021
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As part of a system review we have noted that this report has remained open and we have now closed the report to future updates.
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State changed to: Closed
Posted by Northamptonshire Highways at 13:55, Tue 21 March 2023
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.