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Floods: 'What's being done?' villagers ask



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Published Date: 24 August 2008
It is more than a year since torrential rain caused nearly 50 Cubbington homes to flood - but residents want to know what has been done to stop it happpening again.
Many of the flood victims feel little, if any action, has been taken by the three main players - Severn Trent, Warwickshire County Council and the Environment Agency.

And the only contact they have with them is through their two chosen representatives, Malcolm Storer and Reg Smith who attend Leamington's Flood Forum.

But at the last meeting the pair felt discussions had "hit a dead end" with no-one taking responsibility for preventing future disasters.

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Mr Storer's wife Stella contacted the Courier to voice her concerns.

She said: "I am extremely angry about the way our elected representatives are being treated.

"Along with 47 other houses we were flooded on June 14, since then we have struggled to get our lives back to normal.

"Every time we get substantial rain panic sets in among the residents, wondering whether this will presage the next floods."

A lack of district and county councillors at the meeting and no attendance by the Environment Agency has led Mrs Storer to believe they are only "paying lip service" to the victims' cause.

One of them, Diane Lovell, 67, was flooded out of her bungalow in Ladycroft and spent nine months in rented accommodation.

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  • Last Updated: 21 August 2008 3:39 PM
  • Source: Leamington Courier
  • Location: Leamington Spa
 
 
  

 
 


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