Update as at 10:30 on Monday 30 April:
- I am pleased to report that no houses were flooded and all village drainage systems worked as planned.
- Although Water Lane was flooded it worked as designed carrying excess water quickly down the lane and into the Dumble at the far end where there is more capacity.
- The water flow control board at the brick weir was swept away due to the force of the water. Robin is in the process of organising a replacement..
- My thanks go to Robin & Team for their diligence in a difficult situation.
Environment Agency flood warning information at:-
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/3days/125305.aspx
Regards
Jill Jones, Parish Council
thanks for posting these alerts and emailing us direct and thanks to our Flood Wardens who are out there right now checking things out – as per the actions set out in the Village’s Emergency Flood Plan *
* for a copy of the Plan and Flood Wardens’ contact details go to the Community Resilience section of the Parish Council’s website at http://www.oxtonpc.org.uk/
or scroll down to the earlier April News posting ‘Flood Plan’ here on the My Oxton Home page
Flood Plan is here:
https://myoxton.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/oxton_flood_plan.pdf