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Opposite St Johns Manor on the far edge of the roadway
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 6540133.
There is a drain that water just passes over, presumably because it is blocked. The water then runs all the way down St Johns Lane to the bottom. This is a terrible hazard in winter when it freezes. It also becomes like a stream running down the lane and actually erodes the verges when we have had a lot of rain. This happened all of last winter, and is starting to happen again now that we have had a wet September.
Updates
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This has been passed to the Highway Officer to investigate.
We know that an important part of any road network is the drainage system which is designed to carry water away from the road surface. Even when a gully is clean and well maintained it will 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.
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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Update
The Highway Officer has carried out an inspection and has identified that there is no immediate safety issue, even when a gully is clean and well maintained it will 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.
It is not financially viable for us to action all non-safety issues in isolation, these non-safety issues are added to a package of works for the area. In addition, all our roads are subject to Safety Inspections, and this includes identifying drainage issues, we also have a gully clearance programme where we inspect and clear all 85,000 Buckinghamshire owned gully’s annually.
If your property is in danger of flooding please refer to the flooding information and guidance on the Buckinghamshire website
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