The extension to Seacourt Park & Ride reopened on Wednesday 8 February after being closed on 5 January due to flooding. The City Council acted promptly to prevent access to the extension once flooding became likely. The facility, which is designed to flood, was closed for a total of 35 days. In the planning application the City Council estimated that the car park would be out of use because of flooding for an average of 10 days a year. We argued at the time that this was an under-estimation. Construction of the facility, which OFA opposed, resulted in a net loss of floodplain capacity.