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And Boris's and Thatcher's...

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Originally Posted by Taf

A few months ago, the council, plus various agencies, arranged a local resident meeting on the subject of floods. We live right beside a river that has a bad habit of filling up too much.

Only I turned up!

Nevertheless I took the opportunity to highlight several problems with the flood defences I had noticed, and reported, several times.

It took months for someone to get back to me:

"Yes there is a significant dip in the protective dyke, but there are no funds to repair it".

"Yes, there is a seized outflow valve on the surface drain run into the river, but there are no funds to repair it, and we don't yet know who is responsible for it".

"Yes, the Infra Red monitor camera that monitors debris against the river bridge is still unserviceable, but there are no funds to repair it".

"Yes, the river bridge has to be replaced by a single span bridge to stop debris blocking the river, but there are no funds to replace it".

But they can afford to hold meetings with glossy brochures, charts and computer presentations....

Maybe they're hoping it'll fail and then they'll get emergency Govt. funding to put right what's been left to fall into disrepair...