Good news as Hampshire joins list of six counties with access to £500,000 fund for flooding

This article from RSN online tells us that Hampshire is one of six rural authorities that can access a new fund of £500,000 to tackle flooding.

This drain wasn’t cleared last time- but it needs to be done regularly – there’ll more to pay for if it isn’t cleared more often than the proposed ‘once every three years’ quoted to me recently..

Although not a great deal of money, it does aim to cut the bureaucracy behind the bids so we ashould see more of it as improvements on the ground-and less as money spent on consultants and hours behind a desk!
http://www.rsnonline.org.uk/community/%C2%A3500k-flood-support-for-rural-areas

As an update, the Worthys planned work has all been done now– and I am waiting for confirmation that Sutton Scotney’s work is complete too.
As the rain is falling very hard today, this news is welcome- but I really wonder why HCC is continuing to REDUCE the number of times that gulleys are cleared every year- which leads to blocked drains and ultimately- flooding again.

Jackie Porter

Good news as Hampshire joins list of six counties with access to £500,000 fund for flooding

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