The new flood culverts under the railway access road at Redbridge were opened today. A major step for us all. Thank you Environment Agency!
Article in the Oxford Mail.
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Clearing Hinksey Stream
28/10/09 Ready for action on Hinksey Stream
28/10/09 Before: the right hand half is all stream…
02/11/09 Clearing above South Hinksey
02/11/09 Clearing above South Hinksey
02/111/09 After – the result (same stretch as second photo). Thank you EA.
02/11/09 Looking downstream from the same point, needs clearing too. We hope this can be done soon.
2 November 2009
Clearance of Hinksey Stream by the Environment Agency starts near South Hinksey. Improving the flow of water here will benefit everyone upstream, to the Botley Road and beyond.
Culverts into place
Arriving
Off the lorry
And into place
23 September 2009
A red letter day! Massive new flood culverts lowered into place at the railway access road at Redbridge.
Temporary barriers for the Hinksey Park area
22/09/09 Andrew Smith, MP for Oxford East (centre, white shirt) and local councillors came to see the barriers demonstrated
Setting up the barriers
Barrier in place
Now complete with plastic covering
22 September 2009
The Environment Agency demonstrated their new demountable (temporary) flood barriers for the Lake Street / Vicarage Road area this afternoon. The well-attended event showed the barriers being put into place – over 300m in about 1.5 hours. These barriers are to protect houses in Lake Street and surrounding roads which have flooded in recent years.
A big hole at Redbridge
15 September 2009
Today, preparing for large new culverts under the railway access road.
Earl and Duke Streets
A Penstock valve
Duke Street, valves going in
The place marked ready for the valves in Earl Street
15 September 2009
The Earl Street/Duke Street Area Working Party is bearing fruit. This inter-agency group was established in response to a suggestion from OFA, quickly taken up by the EA and then taken forward by the agencies involved and OFA, led by John Copley of Oxford City.
Work has now begun. Engineers working for Thames Water are installing Penstock valves in each street. The Duke Street valve has already gone in and another is about to go in in Earl Street. The valves will be operated, if flooding threatens, to isolate the drains north of the Botley Road at this point from those in Earl and Duke Streets to the south, relieving the pressure on the drains there which are easily overwhelmed.
Further work, by Oxford City, will connect the rainwater gullies along both streets into the existing large underground pumps at the southern end, which pump into the meadow beyond.
Seacourt Stream nr. Wytham
13 September 2009
Our man in waders tells us that the Environment Agency is starting work, this coming week, to remove a silt bank that is impeding the flow of the Seacourt Stream as it approaches the A34 road bridge near Wytham. The maintenance, which is expected to take 2 weeks, will also include tree maintenance and clearing overgrown vegetation.
Hinksey Park barriers
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 (4) – further progress
Railway access road, new culverts (3) – progress
18 August 2009
Work starting on the railway access road at Redbridge.
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