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RBWM Excuses – Not fixing the Wraysbury Drain for five years

Posted on July 25, 2024July 29, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Please see below some of the RBWM excuses for delaying/failing to fix the Wraysbury Drain for over five years:

RBWM – ‘We have already spent about £200,000 and failed to fix the problems.  We have now run out of money’

RBWM – ‘We have no DUTY to fix the problems.  This is a riparian responsibility’

RBWM – ‘The weir is working properly but there is not enough water flowing downstream from Horton and Colnbrook’

RBWM – ‘We now agree the weir is compromised but have to negotiate access to make repairs’

RBWM – ‘We need to have the Wraysbury Drain surveyed again’

RBWM – ‘Unfortunately the new survey is incomplete because we could not gain access to some areas’

RBWM – ‘We now agree that the Wraysbury Drain is blocked.  We know roughly where the problems are but not the precise cause or causes of the problems’

RBWM – ‘We cannot complete the inspection because the water level is too high’

RBWM – ‘We cannot gain access to remove blockages’

RBWM – ‘We have insufficient labour to deal with the problem at this time’

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DATCHET

The name "Datchet" is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). In the Domesday Book it is called "Daceta".lla. Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when King Ethelred made small grants of land here.

HORTON

The village name "Horton" is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune.

WRAYSBURY

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Wïgrǣd's fort'. Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wirecesberie and as Wiredesbur in 1195. The name is seen again as Wyrardesbury in 1422.

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