I’m 37 from Loughborough never seen the canal burst it’s banks before in the town itself. I’m told it hasn’t happened in at least 50 years ? Usually Loughborough’s floods are past Bishop meadow out towards zoch. What a shit way to start the year. Sympathies to all the folks flooded out. Just reading now that market place is also starting to flood. In town centre. So the brook going through Queen’s Park must have broken its banks too. Never heard of the town centre the actual market flooding before. Bloody mental.
I've lived in Bottleacre Lane for over 60 years and we have never experienced flooding before, does anyone think it's strange that at 9.00 pm we were flooded by by 11:00 pm the water had sunsided, it's almost as if someone opened a lock gate, if this is the case why wasn't it opened earlier as by 1.00 am you could tell something was wrong and by 4:30 we were under water.
@@amazighman2 Some will be out of their houses until after Christmas but most moved back after insurance claims but most belongings downstairs were useless
If only the local authorities would use the Council Tax money every household pays and clear the drains so the surface water can run down them... and the National Rivers Authority need to clear the rivers of debris and open the river back up so the sediment washes out to sea rather than letting it settle on the river bed making it higher than it should be. Remove the Wiers because they're not needed since the Mills that needed them to divert water to their water wheels and the Mills have long since gone. And what's the Fire Brigade there for...? it's just above ankle deep and I'm pretty sure that everyone it taller than 12 inches...
Really sad. I hope more maintenance will be carried out on our water drainage systems. The canals and water / environment agencies all need to work together and start to look at dredging and cleaning out our waterways. This isn’t just about being environmentally friendly it’s about practical steps.
So the rumour is, CRT had padlocked the lock gates shut. Remember, this is not a normal canal. This is the Leicester arm of the Grand Union Canal which is essentially part of the river system. Still the first time it has flooded in 100 years though. Good job CRT!
I may be wrong but the nearest useable lock to the South is the Pillings flood lock and this holds back the River Soar, if this was allowed to be opened the whole of Loughborough would be affected, as it was, Pillings lock was being overwhelmed and overflowing, this led to the filling of the canal. Further down towards the town, near the sea Cadets, there is a weir, this takes water from the canal to a brook but that was also flooded and caused flooding around the Cotes area. the next lock is Bishop meadow, opening that would create more problems, the water had nowhere to go. However, the point about clearing drains, yes, spot on, I've not seen drains being cleared for what seems years, this was left to the residents of Bottleacre lane and Meadow lane, those people were out in force trying their best to clear the road drains, something that should have been done by the council at least twice a year.
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I’m 37 from Loughborough never seen the canal burst it’s banks before in the town itself. I’m told it hasn’t happened in at least 50 years ? Usually Loughborough’s floods are past Bishop meadow out towards zoch. What a shit way to start the year. Sympathies to all the folks flooded out.
Just reading now that market place is also starting to flood. In town centre. So the brook going through Queen’s Park must have broken its banks too. Never heard of the town centre the actual market flooding before. Bloody mental.
Yes, same here. I've lived around the Loughborough area for 40+ years and i've never seen this before. My sympathies go to the poor folks affected
I've lived in Bottleacre Lane for over 60 years and we have never experienced flooding before, does anyone think it's strange that at 9.00 pm we were flooded by by 11:00 pm the water had sunsided, it's almost as if someone opened a lock gate, if this is the case why wasn't it opened earlier as by 1.00 am you could tell something was wrong and by 4:30 we were under water.
Did owners go back into their homes after or everybody had to go through insurance etc
@@amazighman2 Some will be out of their houses until after Christmas but most moved back after insurance claims but most belongings downstairs were useless
Not seen this flooding b4 😥
Has flooded before but nowhere near as bad as this time.
Wouldn't wanna live down them streets, we had it bad in leicester but not like that omg
If only the local authorities would use the Council Tax money every household pays and clear the drains so the surface water can run down them... and the National Rivers Authority need to clear the rivers of debris and open the river back up so the sediment washes out to sea rather than letting it settle on the river bed making it higher than it should be. Remove the Wiers because they're not needed since the Mills that needed them to divert water to their water wheels and the Mills have long since gone.
And what's the Fire Brigade there for...? it's just above ankle deep and I'm pretty sure that everyone it taller than 12 inches...
Really sad. I hope more maintenance will be carried out on our water drainage systems. The canals and water / environment agencies all need to work together and start to look at dredging and cleaning out our waterways. This isn’t just about being environmentally friendly it’s about practical steps.
EU laws dictated the dredging was reduced, sod the fish what about people homes and livelihoods"!
Back blaming EU@@richardstorier6172
So the rumour is, CRT had padlocked the lock gates shut. Remember, this is not a normal canal. This is the Leicester arm of the Grand Union Canal which is essentially part of the river system. Still the first time it has flooded in 100 years though. Good job CRT!
I may be wrong but the nearest useable lock to the South is the Pillings flood lock and this holds back the River Soar, if this was allowed to be opened the whole of Loughborough would be affected, as it was, Pillings lock was being overwhelmed and overflowing, this led to the filling of the canal. Further down towards the town, near the sea Cadets, there is a weir, this takes water from the canal to a brook but that was also flooded and caused flooding around the Cotes area. the next lock is Bishop meadow, opening that would create more problems, the water had nowhere to go. However, the point about clearing drains, yes, spot on, I've not seen drains being cleared for what seems years, this was left to the residents of Bottleacre lane and Meadow lane, those people were out in force trying their best to clear the road drains, something that should have been done by the council at least twice a year.
Could you do a fly over for monarch way. Bentley Brushes etc
I can tomorrow 👍
@@stephenpearce3880 Awesome. TY
@@stephenpearce3880 Used to work down there and there is a brook that floods more in that area.
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Here you go Jon. The water has started to subside quite quickly. But the fields are still flooded
canals are level controlled via a lock system ,, thanks to the cannal and river trust for not dredging
those poor people