Memorandum submitted by Mr D F and Mrs
A L Edwards (FL 138)
With regard to your investigation into the recent
floods, we were flooded out in June twice at our home (due to
my wife's foresight we are in our present address, Council owned
sheltered housing accommodation). I'm 70 and my wife 65 and we
lost everything, furniture, possessions et cetera.
We've had no help from East Lindsey Council
whatsoever apart from a derisory £100 Argos voucher from
a Housing Liaison Officer and was told we were lucky to get this,
which we still have not received.
It's apparently been an on-going situation with
drains et cetera since the year 2000 of which we were not informed
of when we bought our bungalow for £104,000 2½ years
ago which is now a white elephant round our necks.
Before moving there has been a series of meetings
between East Lindsey Council, East Lindsey Drainage Board, Water
Board, Highways Dept who all pass the buck to each other. Why
was something not done after the first incident in 2000? How,
at our ages, can we be allowed to lose our life savings like this.
Mr D F and Mrs A L Edwards
October 2007
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