There were two major outbreaks of rain last month that showed that there were certain areas of the ward that required more frequent cleaning of gulley’s.
The false Autumn that has seen leaves fall 3 or 4 weeks earlier has necessitated the need for more effort to be put in earlier this year to clear the significant number of leaves that we can see on the streets or blocking drains. On both the days this occurred, we were out checking the worst areas and have reported them all for attention.
The main affected roads we reported were Clifton Gardens, Formosa Street, Maida Avenue, Sutherland Avenue, Warrington Crescent Warwick Avenue. We will be monitoring how the new Labour administration responds to our requests for more planned gulley maintenance as we cannot risk another flooding episode of the likes that we saw in July 2021.
We also continue to support many of the flooding victims from July 2021. Thames Water have issued their final reports on the causes of the flooding, but they now need to accelerate the introduction of flood malleviation measures to protect at risk properties. These are promised, but still not delivered. We will also be pushing Thames Water to invest in more sewer capacity to deal with the increasing rainfall that we are seeing on a more regular basis.
