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Drain at the bottom of Horncastle Hill
Sent to Lincolnshire County Council 3 minutes later. Council ref: 2822927.
After the work was done at the corner higher up the hill we still have a lot of water after heavy rain (photo 1), and I think the silt has now completely blocked this marked drain. In photo 2 a couple of days after 20/10 the hill was drying out but there was water coming up and out of the drain and flowing down to the war memorial in 2 streams either side of the road.
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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
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Great news, we’ve had a look at the issue and we have now passed to our Highways Officers for the team to assess what can be done to resolve the matter. We’ll let you know when the assessment has taken place.
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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.
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We live at Ivy Chimneys, next door downhill to The Old Manor House (which is a listed building). The drain identified above is as mentioned broken, and part of it is now lifted upwards, causing a potential dangerous hazard if a vehicle had to pull in over it to allow another vehicle past (very common on this narrow lane). In addition: this drain, even if repaired and cleared, would not properly drain the downflowing water stream: this is because in the several metres upstream of the drain, there is a buildup of compacted gravel, silt and mud which is deflecting the downward flow away from the drain, and further across the road. This means that the water coming down to "our drain", ie the next drain down the hill, is far more than would normally be the case if the above drain was collecting the water properly.
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The drain cover has now broken leaving a large hole which is incredibly dangerous
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Photo to back up previous posting by someone.
The drain does appear to have been worked on , maybe this morning? Water level in the drain is down and water no longer flowing out of it. Also water level in the ditch beside our hedge has gone down a lot.
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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.
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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.
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Thank you for the warning cones.
I’m not sure what has been done about the blockage. After last night’s rain water is now gushing quite strongly out of the road drain hole (1), has backed up to the drain behind our gates (2), and is now gushing out of a storm drain cover under our hedge at the front, to the right of the planter.
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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.
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All done! The work’s finished and the issue is now resolved. Thank you for contacting us about this. Your report has meant that we can focus our effort where it’s needed most.
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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.
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