Investigating
Flooding across more than half of the carriageway
Sent to West Northamptonshire Council less than a minute later. ref: 6499003.
See the photos. This is a historic and recurring problem in this location. The context is that the carriageway at this point sits on top of an embankment
Updates
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Thank you for reporting a fault. Officers will now investigate the concerns and this may take up to 5 working days. If you believe that your concerns are urgent then please phone us.
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Investigation: Ongoing - Thank you for your enquiry. West Northants received approximately 140mm of rain over a short period of time, resulting in severe flash flooding in many areas. The heavy rainfall had the ability to overwhelm the surface water drainage system. If your report is a repeat flooding incident, please could update this enquiry with further information, so that we can investigate. If this is not a repeat incident, we will close the enquiry after 7 days and the highways team will continue to monitor the location
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Please note that the photos show the situation on the Sunday morning, well in advance of the "main event" later in the day, which resulted in an "Emergency Closure" of this stretch of carriageway. There is indeed a "historic and recurring problem" in this location, as can be seen by referring to reports 2327540, 2392685, 2801763, 3926781, 3991492, 4330311 and 5015992. In short, the gully system in this location is being overwhelmed on a regular basis, by moderate rainfall, not just by the 140mm of rain which fell on the Sunday evening. "Cyclic cleansing" is only addressing the symptoms, not the underlying cause, which would appear to be bad design dating back to the 1970s, when this stretch of road was constructed, on an embankment!
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Thank you for providing an update. Officers will now investigate the concerns and this may take up to 5 working days. If you believe that your concerns are urgent then please phone us.
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Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. A qualified Highways Inspector has assessed the location and we can confirm that in accordance with the WNC Highways Inspection Manual, the defect meets the requirement for a Priority 4 repair. We will schedule a repair to be completed within 26 weeks. Our current average response time for a Priority 4 repair is 38 days.
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