Poor road drainage
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bloody hell maybe I'm turning into an old moaner, but you get a bit of 'normal' imo overnight rain and the drainage goes to s
t. I've noticed in the past few years the gulleys of normal a roads simply overflow. This morning loads of roads had it, and cars are having to drive near the crown of the road to avoid them. This is in the general west London area, not the West country or anything.
I'm sure they never used to.
t. I've noticed in the past few years the gulleys of normal a roads simply overflow. This morning loads of roads had it, and cars are having to drive near the crown of the road to avoid them. This is in the general west London area, not the West country or anything.I'm sure they never used to.
I'm sure you know really, but just in case. Did you notice that this year has been bloody wet? All water tables are currently raised. Any excess water which would usually soak away into verges, central reservations and other pieces of open ground cannot do so because those places are full and waterlogged.
CoolHands said:
bloody hell maybe I'm turning into an old moaner, but you get a bit of 'normal' imo overnight rain and the drainage goes to st. I've noticed in the past few years the gulleys of normal a roads simply overflow. This morning loads of roads had it, and cars are having to drive near the crown of the road to avoid them. This is in the general west London area, not the West country or anything.
I'm sure they never used to.
I'm in west London and you are correct. They still haven't cleaned the leaves out many of them. The drains have been blocked since October.t. I've noticed in the past few years the gulleys of normal a roads simply overflow. This morning loads of roads had it, and cars are having to drive near the crown of the road to avoid them. This is in the general west London area, not the West country or anything.I'm sure they never used to.
No doubt cost cutting is the culprit.
windy1 said:
Meanwhile the gulley suckers and road sweepers remain parked up. What a waste of some expensive equipment. It is like not using a Ferrari because you can't afford the fuel.
No it isn't.It's like not using a gulley sucker and road sweeper because you can't afford the fuel.
Really? I think you will find that the last 8 months from April to now represent the wettest April to December period since modern records began and we certainly didnt have the traffic problems 50 odd years ago we have now. Thats the main issue. If you check back the weather records (I do, Im very sad), this has been an exceptionally wet period. Wettest April, June and July for 100 years followed by the wettest autumn since 2000.
Bezza1969 said:
Really? I think you will find that the last 8 months from April to now represent the wettest April to December period since modern records began and we certainly didnt have the traffic problems 50 odd years ago we have now. Thats the main issue. If you check back the weather records (I do, Im very sad), this has been an exceptionally wet period. Wettest April, June and July for 100 years followed by the wettest autumn since 2000.
And despite the flooding from a month or two or so ago, all the drains remain clogged because of cutbacks. Last tear and the year before new drains were put in at great expense in two different areas in my town. Since then, zero maintenence, drains blocked with leaves,moss,mud,grass,plastic bottles etc etc meaning the water runs straight by them or straight over the top due to blockage and causes flooding exactly the same as they did before they were put in . Excellent!!!!!Bezza1969 said:
Really? I think you will find that the last 8 months from April to now represent the wettest April to December period since modern records began and we certainly didnt have the traffic problems 50 odd years ago we have now. Thats the main issue. If you check back the weather records (I do, Im very sad), this has been an exceptionally wet period. Wettest April, June and July for 100 years followed by the wettest autumn since 2000.
You can always cut statistics different ways though, especially over a mere 100 years.In April we were being told there were record droughts. I'm sure these medium term weather changes used to be called seasons.
It was mentioned on the news today that the ground is saturated to its limit.
we have moisture meter in our upper field that has had the little red marker pushed up to the top of the scale for months now,
the lower field and the furthest and lowest part of our garden has been a lake for far longer this year than in any of the last 17.
Our drainage ditches and the ditch in the lane have been flowing nearly all year.
I would guess that being London probably the added affects of over population,litter,all the green absorbent areas being replaced by concrete.
One of the oldest sewer systems in the world,
some parts of bulging London(what happened to green belt?)being nearer Scotland than they are the Thames now thus relying on pumps that you just know are too small for the job,the Thames barrier,every other street seems to have a pipe being fixed or a patch of fresh tarmac indicating a recent fix,
I don`t know what the percentage they are allowed to leak but a population the size of London uses a lot of water and a small percentage is still a lot of water to add to that lot above and its been pissing down all year would surely answer the question.
we have moisture meter in our upper field that has had the little red marker pushed up to the top of the scale for months now,
the lower field and the furthest and lowest part of our garden has been a lake for far longer this year than in any of the last 17.
Our drainage ditches and the ditch in the lane have been flowing nearly all year.
I would guess that being London probably the added affects of over population,litter,all the green absorbent areas being replaced by concrete.
One of the oldest sewer systems in the world,
some parts of bulging London(what happened to green belt?)being nearer Scotland than they are the Thames now thus relying on pumps that you just know are too small for the job,the Thames barrier,every other street seems to have a pipe being fixed or a patch of fresh tarmac indicating a recent fix,
I don`t know what the percentage they are allowed to leak but a population the size of London uses a lot of water and a small percentage is still a lot of water to add to that lot above and its been pissing down all year would surely answer the question.
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