There has been further progress in tackling the problems of water leaks and inundation of properties around Crockenhill Primary School.
The source of the water leak has now been traced, and a new water main has been supplied and connected to the existing service. In the process, a gas main was found which will need to be lowered when a new surface is laid.
These latter remedial works will be carried out in the New Year, when the contractors return to the site to commence the fencing works.
There are still a number of issues to be addressed, but it looks as though progress is now being made after a period of major disruption to both local residents and the school.
Tuesday 24 December 2019
Saturday 21 December 2019
Responding to flooding
Some of the most severe pressures have been seen in and around Yalding, Culverstone, Boughton Monchelsea, the River Eden near Edenbridge, Marden and . In the Darent Valley, perhaps the most visible impact has been the overflowing of the Darent and the consequent closure of Riverside in Eynsford. That said, a number of rural roads have also been affected, as have long-standing problem areas such as the lowest-lying houses in Eynsford Road, Farningham, where work continues to find a solution.
For the present, the rainfall and consequent problems appear to be easing. However, with the prospect of wetter winters and a lot of this winter still to go, these issues are not going away. KCC and its partners have honed their responses since the severe impacts over the winter of 2013-14, and we are committing both funds and intense political attention to drainage and flood management, but there is a lot more to be done.
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