FLOODING IN DROITWICH SPA – 20TH JULY 2007.
AFTER TORRENTIAL RAIN IN THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE DAY THE SALWARP RIVER BURST ITS BANKS - FLOODING SWAN DRIVE, HANBURY PARK (THE FORMER RUGBY CLUB GROUND AND FLOOD PLAIN) BEFORE ENGULFING ST. GEORGES SQUARE, QUEEN STREET AND THE HIGH STREET. THE RIVER ALSO FLOODED A LARGE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES ALONG VINES LANE WHICH RUNS PARALLEL WITH THE RIVER AS IT RUNS THROUGH VINES PARK.
THE DROITWICH CANAL – WHICH ALSO RUNS THROUGH VINES PARK - ACTED AS A FLOOD RELIEF AND SAVED MANY HOMES, AND OTHER PROPERTIES, FROM FLOODING. BUT THE UNRESTORED CANAL WAS UNABLE TO TAKE AWAY THE ENORMOUSE VOLUME OF WATER IN THE SALWARP RIVER AT ITS PEAK.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT WHEN THE RESTORATION OF THE CANAL IS COMPLETE – SCHEDULED FOR 2010 – THERE WILL BE A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT AND IT WILL CONSIDERABLY REDUCE THE RISK OF ANY FUTURE FLOOD CAUSING THIS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE.
THE BODDY BROOK JOINS THE SALWARP AS IT PASSES HANBURY PARK ESTATE
THE RIVER SALWARP BURSTS INTO QUEEN STREET
HIGH STREET UNDER 15FT OF WATER AT ITS LOWEST POINT.
HOUSES IN VINES LANE STILL SUFFER AS THE WATER SUBSIDES ON SATURDAY MORNING.
THE DROITWICH BARGE CANAL, IN VINES PARK, ACTS AS A DRAIN FOR THE SALWARP RIVER.
THE SALWARP RIVER DRAINS INTO THE CANAL BASIN IN VINES PARK.
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