At Cheadle Area Committee this evening we were given a full update on the flooding issues at Ladybrook Road in Cheadle Hulme and the junction of Wilmslow Road and Broadway in Cheadle.

A good deal of work has been done on the ground so far.  In Cheadle Hulme, all the grids have been checked, work is being done on re-levelling the pavement and remote cameras have been sent through the culvert.  In Cheadle, a log was found in the culvert partially blocking it – this has now been removed.

The complication is ownership and responsibility.

These old culverted streams are not like the dedicated sewerage system.  Parts are the responsibility of United Utilities.  Parts come under the remit of the Council.  When they pass under private land, the landowner is responsible for that section. All this is co-ordinated by the Council.

So the summary is:

• some practical work to improve both locations has already happened, and continues
• the Council and United Utilities are in talks about sorting out who’s responsible for what
• We’ve asked for a further report in January 2011 to check progress.

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