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Topic Started: 19 Oct 2012, 02:55 PM (12,247 Views)
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Flooded Loddon Bridge park and ride stays closed

A flooded park and ride site in Berkshire will remain closed for the rest of the day.

The Loddon Bridge site in Winnersh, which has a history of shutting after heavy rainfall, has been affected again this week.

Wokingham council said it hoped it would reopen on Saturday but with more rain forecast this could be revised.

On Thursday, motorists across Berkshire endured travel delays after heavy rainfall caused flooding on some roads.

By mid-morning the B4494 Oxford Road in Newbury was barely passable between the Grove Road and Love Lane junctions.

Sandford Lane in Woodley and Emmbrook Road in Wokingham were also closed for a time.

Flood alerts have been issued for Lower River Loddon, the River Pang and the River Blackwater at Swallowfield.


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Now the Oracle has flooded

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I'm another who lives up quite high and am far enough away from both the sea and the stour to not be personally affected by the floods. At the bottom of the hill I live on (short & very steep) there is another hill opposite and one to the right so the intersection there gets flooded mainly because the drains can't cope with the water flowing down 3 hills. It does mean on the worst days I can't leave my road but at least my house is safe & dry and it drains quite quickly there so it tends to be short term. From a personal point of view the worst I've had is either being unable to get out of my road or journey problems due to flooded roads, which I am very thankful for. My best mate has now been evacuated from her house, she's also on a hill but had what was once a small stream running past the end of her garden - it's now a lake! She's over in Somerset & Gary who I go to football with is now living on the island known as fordingbridge. His boys school is under a few feet of water. It's not just the normal places, who flood a bit each winter affected, it seems to be the majority of the South. It must by now be having a knock on effect on the economy because no-one can go anywhere or get to work etc. assuming their places of businesses aren't under water in the first place.

It's about time the government stopped calling meetings to discuss the problem and actually did something about it!
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! It's about time the government stopped calling meetings to discuss the problem and actually did something about it!


Well they made the cuts and they wont take the blame what do they expect.Perhaps more people will see through them now.That Pickles feller ought to be put in the stocks.


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Whatever the cause of this devastation, climate change, nature or whatever you want to call it, this government, and all governments for many years to come are going to have to act to protect our lands and homes. There isn't a quick fix to this problem, but whatever action needs to be taken, must be taken.

The money has to be found to fund a permanent solution. We have plenty of money so it has to be spent, and if that means diverting it from other funds then so be it.
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Fordingbridge always floods used to go there a lot on my travels.

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The money has to be found to fund a permanent solution. We have plenty of money so it has to be spent, and if that means diverting it from other funds then so be it.
Suffolk, there is not a permanent solution, as the problem is the drainage system(s) (mostly the rivers) collecting sediment washed from upstream. This slowly reduces their ability to carry rain runoff. Add in far above normal rainfall to the slower drainage, add a dash of additional development (more asphalt and concrete, less open spaces with soil) and you have flooding. Regular dredging of the waterways can avoid the critical problems, but that is a continuous process - by the time you're done, it's time to start again. And there is an issue with what you do with the dredged material (called 'spoil' - usually fine dirt) that is very prone to erode away again in a rain!

Even lining the main rivers with concrete (an idea that will never be accepted) will not correct the issue, as the erosion on the feeder stream bring the material into the rivers to form the sediment, so you'd still have to dredge. The governments (plural, it's not only one) have fallen prey to the 'not a problem the last few years, so we can cut back...', as it only takes one very rainy year to go from 'not a problem...' to 'water, water everywhere - and too much in the wrong places!'
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BIG REPORT - Tuesday 11th February 2014


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UK floods: Flood-hit areas in for 'long haul', says David Cameron

More wet weather is affecting flood-stricken parts of the UK, with severe flood warnings in place along the Thames and in Somerset. Fourteen severe flood warnings are in place in Berkshire and Surrey, and two in Somerset.

Prime Minister David Cameron said the floods were a "huge challenge" and "we are in it for a long haul". A total of 1,600 troops are available to help, with some already deployed to help parts of southern England. Mr Cameron, speaking while on a visit to Dawlish, Devon, where a stretch of railway was washed away in the floods, said: "The government will do everything it can to co-ordinate the nation's resources; if money needs to be spent it will be spent, if resources are required we will provide them, if the military can help they will be there. We must do everything, but it is going to take time to put these things right."

Mr Cameron will later hold a press conference at Downing Street. He later tweeted: "After a day visiting flood-hit areas, I'll update the country on the latest plan of action with a press conference at No10 at 4:45pm."

Labour leader Ed Miliband, on a visit to Wraysbury, said flood defences should be made a higher priority by the government. He said:
"I think finger-pointing is not what the Government should be doing, it's rolling their sleeves up and getting on with getting people the help, making sure that all the necessary agencies are working together, all the help is being provided for people."

About 1,000 homes have been evacuated along the Thames after towns and villages, including Chertsey, Wraysbury and Datchet, were flooded. Thousands more properties are still at risk. However, some residents have chosen to stay in their homes. Chief Supt Matt Twist, of Surrey Police, said a "major incident" had been declared in the county and the flooding was "unprecedented". He said police had visited 2,000 homes in nearly 500 roads and that there were 44 road closures in place. Further evacuations are taking place in the Staines and Egham area.

In the Tewkesbury area, in Gloucestershire water levels are expected to rise by a further 30cm (12in) and levels will stay elevated in parts of the county for "some time", the Environment Agency said.

More than 5,000 properties have been flooded in the last two months after the "most exceptional period of rainfall" to hit parts of England and Wales for nearly 250 years. Flood levels have also affected Ironbridge in Shropshire as the River Severn continues to rise. And more than 130 severe flood warnings - indicating a threat to life - have been issued since December.
As well as there being 16 severe flood warnings the Environment Agency has also issued about 350 less serious flood warnings and alerts, mostly in southern England and the Midlands.

The Met Office has severe weather warnings in place for rain across parts of south Wales and south-west England, cautioning that "with ongoing flooding in some places, any further rain will only add to the problems". Residents have told of their homes being flooded and having to move out. Alice Paice said flood water was up to her waist on the ground floor of her home in Sunbury, Middlesex.
"We have no heating, only an electric heater and the fireplace. Yesterday the water pump went. We can run limited water, but we have no shower or washing machine," she said.

Georgia Fletcher, who lives in Wraysbury, Berkshire, has been forced to move out of her home although it is on higher ground. She said:
"It's distressing not being able to get back to your own house. My bedroom is on the ground floor. You don't know what you're going to come back to."

Alanna Burns, from Chertsey in Surrey, said while water levels were still rising, there were not enough officials around and no sandbags. She said people had been left like "sitting ducks waiting for it to happen".

On the trains, because of flooding near Maidenhead, trains are having to run at a reduced speed between London Paddington and Reading, with journey times extended by up to an hour. Robin Gisby, managing director of Network Operations, told the BBC he was concerned about the long-term damage to some of the rail infrastructure caused by the flooding, but said services will be running at a "slower speed". First Great Western is currently advising passengers not to travel.

Services are also suspended on South West Trains between Staines and Windsor and Eton Riverside due to rising water levels, and the main train line from London to Cornwall remains severed at Dawlish, in Devon.

Earlier Defence Secretary Philip Hammond told the BBC the government had got a "grip" on the crisis and everything was being done to help those affected. Mr Hammond, who is a also MP for Runnymede and Weybridge, said the military had been called in, extra money given and equipment brought in, some cases from abroad.

"The assets that are needed from across the nation have been mobilised into the areas affected." Asked about Environment Agency Chairman Lord Smith, who has faced criticism for not doing enough to help those affected, he said: "I don't want to spend the time now in the middle of this crisis recriminating and finger pointing."

Mr Cameron also would not be drawn into criticism of ministers over the crisis. He said:
"Everybody needs to get on with the vital work of bringing all of the nation's resources to get our road and rail moving, to help people who have been flooded, to plan for the future and to learn all the lessons of the very difficult situation we are in."


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