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Helpringham Fen - bottom of South Drove, near Blotoft railway crossing, opposite Blotoft Cottage

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Reported via desktop in the Blocked drain category anonymously at 11:57, Fri 9 February 2024

Sent to Lincolnshire County Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 492776.

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The drain is completely blocked with, what looks like, mud and probably pine needles from the fir trees on the other side of the road. Initial pictures were taken on Wed 7/2/24. Picture of flooded road was taken on Fri 9/2/24.

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Thanks for letting us know about your issue with a blocked drain. We will look into this and let you know what we find within the next 14 days. You can find out more about drains on our website

Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 11:58, Fri 9 February 2024
Just to let you know this issue has turned out to be more complicated than we first thought. We need to take this on for more investigation. We will let you know the situation as soon as we can. Thanks for bearing with us.

State changed to: Investigating

Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 14:30, Fri 9 February 2024
Progress! We’ve completed our investigation and works are now planned. Once we know when work is due to take place we will let you know.

State changed to: In progress

Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 14:26, Tue 13 February 2024
We have an update. Our highways team have issued this work out to one of their delivery gangs. We’ll let you know when the job is complete.

State changed to: Action scheduled

Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 10:45, Thu 29 February 2024
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This has still not been sorted and grass is now growing out of the drain.

Posted anonymously at 10:27, Sun 14 July 2024

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