People trapped by flood 'alleviation' scheme

People have been trapped in their homes since Saturday night due to what they believe is a design fault with a £430,000 flood alleviation scheme.

Water has constantly bubbled up from new drains which are meant to take water away, creating what has been dubbed"Thoresby Lake".The council has been asked to comment.People in four houses on Thoresby Dale have not been able to leave at all since Storm Dennis hit over the weekend, because opening their gates would cause water to flood their homes.

"Myself and my neighbours are effectively trapped in our houses. I can only walk as far as my front gate.He believes the water is overspill from a nearby brook which is feeding into the flood alleviation scheme.Image captionMany homes on the street are protected by flood gates and flood doors, and Severn Trent has also been pumping water away.

Wendy Jones, who has lived on Thoresby Dale for 32 years, is trapped and worried about the same happening again in future."We have never had flood water for more than a few hours, even when it came through our properties. "If it wasn't for the water tanker that Severn Trent have provided I dread to think what state our homes would be in."

BorisJohnson sends 14.6 billion plus in foreign aid whist we succumb to floods , it's tax payers money that should be spent here on flood defence , it's a national disgrace. Just look at the people affected on tv

Ask Johnson to build a Bridge over these Troubled Waters

There must be no rubbish around. Otherwise blocked drains will increase the floodings everywhere.

sickening listening 2 the BBC peddling global warming 4 the floods. Hve u not yet realized this is 1 of the things thats alienating u from the majority. I remember worse floods 40 yrs ago. +NOW they hve built loads of houses on our flood plains. Tell the truth u discusting hacks

We're is Boris Johnson...? That man does t care about the people he only cares about him self and his Tory party

Is the Great Yarmouth region affected? I have relatives there.

Who the hell designed that system. They should be sacked !!

Kept it out so happy days,or so ya’d think..

You have to laugh.

'our homes are safe and dry but there's a knee deep puddle in the middle of the road' put some wellies on and quit moaning for god's sake! What the hell is wrong with people?

and Boris Johnson is nowhere in sight.

Their houses are safe. They’ll live... 🙄

Not for nothin, thank goodness the UK doesn't have crocodiles.

Have Australia had a whip round for U.K. flood victims yet?

So you want walls on every river !!

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