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Constant road flooding following rain
Reported in the Blocked drain category anonymously at 19:29, Sun 24 November 2019
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council 1 minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 1860037.
Road has been flooding following any significant rain fall making it impassable to pedestrians - this was reported to Bucks CC over a month ago but no action has been taken - what's needed for this please? How can I escalate?
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Transport for BuckinghamshirePosted by Buckinghamshire Council at 19:30, Sun 24 November 2019
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Thank you for your report.
This has been added to our programme of works. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide you with a timescale for this work to be carried out, we work on a priority based risk matrix in line with our Highway Inspection Policy and therefore programme times can change due to priority based working.
Please be assured this is on our list of works to be carried out, we will continue to monitor all defects to ensure the safety of our residents as part of our Highways Inspection Policy which can be accessed via the link below;
www.buckscc.gov.uk/highwaysinspectionpolicy
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Transport for BuckinghamshireState changed to: Action scheduled
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 13:15, Mon 25 November 2019
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The report's reference number is 40116862
Posted anonymously at 13:25, Tue 26 November 2019
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Drains in the area are blocked and water is flowing to the lowest point, drains at the junction of hedgerley lane and lakes lane are also blocked and / or insufficient to cope with the volume of water. Following any significant rain, the road junction gets flooded and is then impassable to pedestrians. This was first reported beginning of October and it's been flooded on and off since then. Has currently been flooded for 12 consecutive days. The council have not responded and don't appear to have taken any action to remediate the issue.
Posted anonymously at 15:26, Mon 23 December 2019
Still open, via questionnaire -
Problem still exists, road is flooding whenever there is any significant rain, haven't seen any progress to get this resolved
Posted anonymously at 16:05, Mon 20 January 2020
Still open, via questionnaire -
20/2 Whilst 5 of the local drains have been cleared: 1. there is still one drain outside #97 that remains blocked 2. there are a further 5 drains locally that are still blocked 3. the road hasn't been swept so debris is now clogging up the cleared drains 4. the hydrant / drain outside #79 is still pouring water out that is flowing down the drain
Posted anonymously at 09:30, Thu 20 February 2020
Still open, via questionnaire -
No further action has been taken around the rest of the blocked drains and road cleaning, expect further flooding following any significant rain
Posted anonymously at 11:43, Fri 20 March 2020
Still open, via questionnaire -
17/4 A number of the local drains are still blocked - no significant rain for the last couple of weeks so the road hasn't flooded, however the root cause has not been fixed.
Posted anonymously at 12:03, Fri 17 April 2020
Still open, via questionnaire -
15/5 Drains have been cleared but no significant rain fall to assess result. However, following recent rain shower, noticed that water was pouring from the service road around the corner in Lakes Lane down into the junction with Hedgerley Lane - these houses don't appear to have their own functioning drainage
Posted anonymously at 16:10, Fri 15 May 2020
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State changed to: Closed
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 14:19, Fri 24 December 2021
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.