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Post by Jim on Nov 15, 2019 6:47:27 GMT
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Post by JohnV on Nov 15, 2019 6:54:57 GMT
If you were writing a novel that as part of it's plot were all of CRT's recent cockups the critics would have a field day calling it a contrived plot
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 7:33:10 GMT
The EA cocked up in Northampton Easter '98
BW racked all the paddles up on the Arm and sent them another 6 cumsec to deal with.
The results were devastating from the upper Nene all the way to Peterborough.
The EA can't be blamed for the rain, they can for their abject failure to do the job properly.
There is available a massive parliamentary report into the aftermath and the subsequent works the EA had to carry out to try to prevent it happening again.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Nov 15, 2019 7:36:34 GMT
If you were writing a novel that as part of it's plot were all of CRT's recent cockups the critics would have a field day calling it a contrived plot Trying to drown the inhabitants of small towns is not an entirely new pastime for the clowns in charge at the UK's most dangerous charity ! Not very long after this 'charitable' aberration rose from the sad remains of what had once been British Waterways, the EA arranged for C&RT to take on responsibility for the operation of the radial floodgate at the weir just downstream of Barrow, on the river Soar, and a good many of the inhabitants of the nearby town of Loughborough got their feet wet. When taken to task over this, C&RT denied any blame on their part as their local operations 'team' had been 'monitoring' water levels by watching and assessing the rainfall from their not so local office windows ! |
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 15, 2019 8:20:42 GMT
From the link: Delays in opening a sluice gate exacerbated flooding in a town where people were rescued from chest-high water, a council leader has said. Council officials and residents in Worksop repeatedly asked the Canal and River Trust (CRT) to alleviate the flooding by opening the sluice gate. The trust refused to do so and the gate was eventually opened by a firefighter several hours later. The CRT told the BBC it would have been "unsafe" for its engineers to open it. However, the leader of Bassetlaw District Council insisted opening the sluice gate was "vitally important" and said it was "bizarre" the CRT would not do it.   |
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Post by patty on Nov 15, 2019 8:25:43 GMT
Somehow reading the article I felt no surprise at the lack of action on CRT part.. Sad when normal expectations are now of zero response....  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 8:39:46 GMT
It's meant to say "CRT flood workshop".
A public exhibition and demonstration of how to flood somewhere.
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Post by bodger on Nov 15, 2019 11:05:55 GMT
what a catalogue of jobsworth crap, innit? this makes interesting, if confusing, reading: canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/original/22703-canal-and-river-trust-f-and-wma-2010.pdf ... as does this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_Agency I love the last sentence: Sir Philip Dilley resigned as chairman of the Environment Agency on 11 January 2016. Dilley stated he was stepping down because "expectations" of his role have changed to mean he has to be "available at short notice throughout the year". Clearly his chairmanship of a quango disrupted his holiday plans and his golf schedule. "What? You mean I have to get involved as well as attending corporate dinners and conferences? Not bloody likely." Wiki also notes: Dilley was appointed as the Environment Agency's chairman in September 2014, succeeding Chris Smith in the post. In December 2015, during the unprecedented flooding of northern England, he was criticised for failing to cut short a holiday to Barbados to lead the flood response. Although only required to work a three-day week for his £100k-a-year job, according to The Independent he had promised on appointment that he would work six or seven days a week and turn up in his wellington boots if there was a crisis. His staff admitted he had been trying to avoid media scrutiny. PS: I also posted this on the Bye Bye Parry thread. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 17:07:57 GMT
I have to say flooding Worksop can't have done it much harm, 8 years ago I was passing through Worksop regularly for work, it struck me as a bit of a shithole then - it will be a soggy shithole now!
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 15, 2019 17:30:29 GMT
Another one for dogless's list.
Oh dear.
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