Hinksey Park barriers

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3 September 2009

On Tuesday 22 September, the Environment Agency will be demonstrating to the public the use of its new demountable flood barriers for Hinksey Park. From 1pm to 3pm, teams will be showing residents how the barriers are erected and dismantled and the speed with which they can be deployed. Experts will be on hand to answer questions.
The barriers are of the same design as those demonstrated to the public at Osney Island in July 2008.
The demountable barriers for Hinksey Park were purchased by the Environment Agency as part of its £1.8m Short Term Measures programme for Oxford. They will help reduce flood risk in Vicarage Lane and Lake Street from the Hinksey Lakes.

Railway access road, new culverts (1) – start confirmed

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4 August 2009

We have just had confirmation that the Environment Agency’s contractors are due to move onto site next week for the work on the railway access road, Redbridge, Point 3. They will be based on land just north of the old Abingdon Road. This is the biggest piece of flood-related work to be done in the area since the work at Towle’s Mill in 2006-07. It is expected to take about 13 weeks. New large culverts will replace the totally inadequate existing small bridge.

Culverts for South Hinksey

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30 July 2009

Members of South Hinksey Parish Council and Peter Rawcliffe of OFA met on site in the village with Peter Dela, Chief Engineer for the Vale of White Horse District Council. Under discussion was the provision of culverts under a raised causeway which leads to the electricity substation on the edge of the village. The causeway dams back water, causing pooling right beside the village early in flood events. Now that Redbridge is being opened up there is a real prospect of getting water away early, so provision of these culverts is important. Hopefully permissions from the landowner and farmer and EA approval will be forthcoming. There seems every prospect that funding will be available from the District Council.