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Continual Flooding at the bottom of Bonfire Hill road

Reported via desktop in the Roads/highways category anonymously at 20:14, Fri 23 February 2024

Sent to West Sussex County Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5622599.

Flooding from the fields either side of the road whenever it rains, which lasts for days at a time, renders the route from Barns Green to Southwater inaccessible. This causes lack of access to both motorists who, if they cross the flood can suffer breakdowns which many have. Also, no way can cyclists or pedestrians use this essential route from neighbouring areas. With no buses from Barns Green during the day except Tuesdays and Thursdays (very restricted service even on these days) and no route open via Tower Hill until May due to Worthing Road closure this flooding has to be dealt with as a matter of urgency. It is unacceptable for a public highway to continually be unusable especially in such a remote area. Southwater has the only regular bus route and this is the only way to get there or the Surgery and Chemist. It is 3 miles from Brooks Green to Southwater and takes at least an hour to walk there. Other routes are totally out of the question due to the distance involved. This problem has been continual whenever it rains for the last 2 years to my knowledge and only in the last month has is actually had flood signs put there.

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  • No reply regarding the problem or whether it has even been looked into. However, they contacted me to say a 3rd party had contacted them (yourselves) and told me I should have used their website to report it not fix my street!!! Actually, I had rung to report it before and heard nothing back. I have reported the same problem again since using FMS and again, heard nothing. Their website say they will update me in about 10 days which they dont. Sent a photo to them last time. See below

    Posted anonymously at 20:41, Fri 22 March 2024
    Still open, via questionnaire

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