Memorandum submitted Ms Jane Edwards (FL
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I would like to point out that this area in
Cheltenham has been flooded three times in one year, 18 August
2006, 25 June 2007 and 20 July 2007. The water comes down Whaddon
Road like a river, we do not live near a river where the banks
overflow. This is surface water which has no where to go but land
in the basements of five houses in Whaddon Road and five houses
in Cleeve View road. The garages and gardens of these properties
are also filled with water as is the back alleyway. These houses
are 100 years old (they have not had these problems for 100 years)
and we are experiencing flooding regularly. The 25 June and the
20 July we had the added joy of sewerage. My insurance company
has had to rectify this three times now in less than a year. There
has been a lot of development further up the road and I believe
that the sewerage and drainage systems can not cope, unfortunately
we are taking the worst of the problems. These have to be resolve
and fast.
Please contact me with some urgency. We have
not just been effected by a "1 in 100 year" occurrence
as the environment agencies predict. I understand that this happened
24 years ago and Severn Trent put in some update to the sewers
then, obviously this is not enough.
Jane Edwards
October 2007
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