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Still flooded after three months<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wraysbury Village Green (and the cricket pitch) is still flooded after the January 2024 event.\u00a0 The image is dated 1st April 2024 and is no joke.\u00a0 The cricket pitch is unusable today and for the foreseeable future.\u00a0 \u00a0The area will probably still be flooded in mid-June and consequently unusable for the Wraysbury Fair.\u00a0 The problem is that trapped flood water has raised local ground water levels – and combined with drains and culverts blocked for years<\/span> – <\/strong>the flood water cannot escape fast enough.\u00a0 Evaporation, transpiration and ground water flow are no match for local and upstream catchment precipitation.\u00a0 \u00a0So who is taking action to ensure that the land drainage infrastructure is fit for purpose?\u00a0 Ground water flooding is the responsibility of the Lead Local Flood Authority i.e. RBWM.\u00a0 On 11\/3\/2024 the Council did agree to look after the watercourses.<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Please feel free to comment below<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

You will find January 2024 video here<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and a bit of history here<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wraysbury Village Green (and the cricket pitch) is still flooded after the January 2024 event.\u00a0 The image is dated 1st April 2024 and is no joke.\u00a0 The cricket pitch is unusable today…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThree months on and the cricket pitch is still flooded - DHWNEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=766\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three months on and the cricket pitch is still flooded - 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