Action scheduled
General tidy up, maintenance of drainage system.
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 8237747.
Whoever prevented this road from flooding after many years should get a medal. However, I fear it may flood again if a little bit of maintenance isn't carried out. The gullies have all got a bit of overgrowth and some larger branches etc may have found there way into the ditch, which can easily prevent flow at such an important pinch point of West end ditch to bear brook. Couple of highways maintenance hours to tidy ditch and a separate job jet full length of kerb weirs to ditch outlet would do it. (Both sides of the road from Junction of Tring road to first Bridge) just guessing though......
Updates
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If the flooding is caused by a water leak we will report it to the relevant water company, who are responsible for water leaks.
There are occasions when flash flooding overloads the drain/gully, even when a drain/gully is clean and well maintained it can only cope with a certain volume of water at one time, a sudden and heavy downpour can still cause flooding especially if the road is in a low lying area, this generally clears away over a matter of hours.
The Highway Officer is only able to inspect the drain when the water has cleared away, this will be done within 10 days and if required, an order will be raised to clear the drain.
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