Q3b
Keep the Village Hall and Playing Field at the centre of the community. Investigate the current efficiency of the Barford Flood Alleviation scheme: inputs and outputs. Engage with the team at Anglian Water who are working on the sewage flooding issue. Details supplied. How will increased traffic flow on Chapel Street during school hours? Needs to be identified/solved.
1. The foul water network has not coped during heavy rain since we moved here in 1989. Adding more houses has incrementally made it worse. Anglian Water are still trying to solve the problem. Over the last 15 years, sewage flooding has moved from our neighbours sitting room to our back gardens. Recent mitigations have resulted in sewage in the street and our front garden, which is higher than the front door ... so we need more sandbags.
2. "Much of the central part of Barford forms part of the Barford Flood Alleviation Scheme which helps to control flooding in the village" Correct, but there is insufficient thought, planning given as to how the water exits the scheme to the River Tiffey. There is only one route, through a network of private ditches, not all well maintained. They are privately owned, not accessible by digger and largely have to be hand dug by ageing landowners.
3. Barford is built within the confluence of the Rivers Yare and Tiffey and flood water OR the capacity for flood water backs up from there into the built up area. Immediately downstream are the flood defences for Norwich and their capacity needs to be factored in too.