{"id":391,"date":"2020-04-10T08:01:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T08:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/?page_id=391"},"modified":"2020-04-10T18:59:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T18:59:49","slug":"splash-wraysbury-drain-3-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/splash-wraysbury-drain-3-4-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Splash &#038; Wraysbury Drain @ 3\/4\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"title-post entry-title\">Splash &amp; Wraysbury Drain @ 3-4-2020<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment-restoneu-large-thumb size-restoneu-large-thumb wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024172188-830x623.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024172188-830x623.jpg 830w, http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024172188-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024172188-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024172188-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024172188-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024172188-230x173.jpg 230w, http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024172188.jpg 1632w\" alt=\"Image 2\" width=\"830\" height=\"623\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Wraysbury and Horton Drain Issues<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>3rd April 2020:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>A brief report to Wraysbury Parish Council and RBWM<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Background:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>As reported previously the Weir at Wraysbury Station was repaired in July 2019.\u00a0 Some channel clearance has been done but the channel itself requires further urgent attention.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"pagelayer-row\">\n<div class=\"pagelayer-row-holder pagelayer-row pagelayer-auto pagelayer-width-{{width_content}}\">\n<div class=\"pagelayer-col pagelayer-col-12\">\n<div class=\"pagelayer-col-holder\">\n<div class=\"pagelayer-text\">\n<div class=\"pagelayer-text-holder\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Channel capacity severely limited at Station Road, Wraysbury.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Channel totally blocked and fenced over at Feathers Lane, Wraysbury.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Unauthorised culvert between Feathers Lane and Hythe End Road.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Metal railings collapsed (safety issue) at Hythe End Road.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Weldmesh installed in channel flow path at Hythe End Road.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The current position:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Recent inspection has revealed there is sufficient water at the Wraysbury Station Weir (<a href=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_025072186.jpg\">image 1<\/a>) but water flow, level and quality is declining rapidly downstream at The Splash (<a href=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024172188.jpg\">image 2<\/a>).\u00a0\u00a0 In fact, the waterway is choked by two fallen trees (<a href=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024872192.jpg\">image 3<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024772190.jpg\">image 4<\/a>) in the channel section upstream of the entrance to the Wraysbury Dive Centre in Station Road. The four images may also be viewed via the links below:\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_025072186.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_025072186.jpg\"><strong>Image 1 &#8211; Weir at Wraysbury Station<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024172188.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024172188.jpg\"><strong>Image 2 &#8211; The Splash<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024872192.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024872192.jpg\"><strong>Image 3 &#8211; Fallen tree<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024772190.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_024772190.jpg\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0Image 4 &#8211; Fallen tree<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0There is an urgent need for inspection and maintenance of the individual sections of the Wraysbury Drain from Wraysbury Station to the Colne Brook at Hythe End.\u00a0 \u00a0In addition to the two trees upstream of the Dive Centre there are two more fallen trees raising the level and restricting the flow of the Horton Drain at Wraysbury Station. My understanding is that the Horton and Wraysbury Drains are designated \u2018ordinary watercourses\u2019 and the responsibility of the lead local flood authority (i.e. RBWM).\u00a0<strong>The bottom line<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>In spite of significant expenditure to date, in the absence of prompt and effective action by the authorities to re-establish sufficient flow &#8211; the Wraysbury Drain and thus The Splash will go dry again.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Councillor Ewan Larcombe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury Ward)<\/p>\n<p>Tel 01753 544302\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Email:<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:cllr.larcombe@rbwm.gov.uk\">cllr.larcombe@rbwm.gov.uk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>END OF PAGE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Splash &amp; Wraysbury Drain @ 3-4-2020 Wraysbury and Horton Drain Issues\u00a03rd April 2020:\u00a0\u00a0A brief report to Wraysbury Parish Council and RBWM\u00a0Background:\u00a0\u00a0As reported previously the Weir at Wraysbury Station was repaired in July 2019.\u00a0 Some channel clearance has been done but the channel itself requires further urgent attention. Channel capacity severely limited at Station Road, Wraysbury. &#8230;.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=\" default\" href=\"https:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/splash-wraysbury-drain-3-4-2020\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407,"href":"https:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391\/revisions\/407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flooding.london\/rts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}