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Tag Archives: standing water
Anchor Bridge flooding: Halfway there
My recent efforts to find out who’s actually working on the flooding issue at Anchor Bridge, and what the situation is have come to nothing. Severn Trent have clearly been doing a fair bit of work, though, and the situation … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, cycling, Environment, Events, Followups, Interesting photos, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged Anchor Bridge, bad drainage, bad drains, blocked drains, Brownhills, CCTV, Cycle rides, cycling, David Evans, Drain Survey, flood, Knaves Court, Local politics, New Photos, road maintenance, Severn Trent, Silly, standing water, Streetpride, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Filling a hole
The saga of road repairs and drains rumbles on. Reader Warren Parry, who wrote to Steve Sharma following my last post, had a rather interesting response, which Warren was kind enough to post in the comments to my last post. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor Bridge, bad drainage, bad drains, blocked drains, Brownhills, Cycle rides, cycling, flood, Glyn Oliver, Gully, Gully cleaning, Knaves Court, Lichfield Sreet, Local politics, New Photos, New ring road, potholes, Press Office, Reservoir, road maintenance, Sandhills, Shire Oak, Silly, standing water, Steve Sharma, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Warren Parry
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Without due care and attention
Readers will no doubt be aware of my recent posts here about the state of the roads locally. Of prime concern has been the flooding at Anchor Bridge in Brownhills, but also the condition of storm drains and potholes generally. … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, cycling, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged Anchor Bridge, bad drainage, bad drains, blocked drains, Brownhills, Cycle rides, cycling, flood, Glyn Oliver, Gully, Gully cleaning, Knaves Court, Lichfield Sreet, Local politics, New Photos, New ring road, potholes, Press Office, Reservoir, road maintenance, Sandhills, Shire Oak, Silly, standing water, Steve Sharma, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Anchor Bridge flooding – some action at last?
It seems that after a very long time, someone is finally looking into the question of flooding that takes place in the High Street/Chester Road, just opposite Knaves Court in Brownhills. You’ll recall that over the course of a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor Bridge, bad drainage, bad drains, blocked drains, Brownhills, CCTV, Cheap tat, Councillor, Cycle rides, cycling, David Evans, Drain Survey, flood, Knaves Court, Local politics, New Photos, potholes, road maintenance, Silly, standing water, Stephen Wade, Streetpride, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Street life
It seems difficulties with roads, drains and the like have come to the fore lately. From the atrocious situation at Anchor Bridge, in Brownhills, where the new, flagship development of Knaves Court is regularly bathed in mud and slurry, to … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor Bridge, bad drainage, bad drains, blocked drains, Brownhills, Cycle rides, cycling, David Evans, flood, Knaves Court, Lichfield Sreet, Local politics, New Photos, New ring road, potholes, Reservoir, road maintenance, Sandhills, Shire Oak, Silly, standing water, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Come on in, the water’s lovely. Not.
I just thought I’d drag the issue of the standing water at Anchor Bridge, and Walsall Council’s response to it, into the light again. Following last week’s post on the subject, council officer Glyn Oliver replied to my concerns here … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor Bridge, bad drainage, bad drains, blocked drains, Brownhills, Cheap tat, Cycle rides, cycling, David Evans, flood, Glyn Oliver, Knaves Court, Local politics, New Photos, potholes, Reservoir, road maintenance, Silly, standing water, Steve Sharma, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Splashing out
On February 5th 2012, I posted about the awful state of drainage on the High Street/Chester Road near Knaves Court in Brownhills. It only takes a small amount of rain for huge pools of standing water to develop just by … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor Bridge, bad drainage, bad drains, blocked drains, Brownhills, Cheap tat, Cycle rides, cycling, David Evans, flood, Glyn Oliver, Knaves Court, Local politics, New Photos, potholes, Reservoir, road maintenance, Silly, standing water, Steve Sharma, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Anyone for a shower?
Today, whilst taking a spin around Brownhills to get some shopping in, I was reminded of a niggling, but serious problem in Brownhills High Street that has been ongoing for years. I personally have complained to Walsall Council, to no … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor Bridge, bad drainage, bad drains, blocked drains, Brownhills, Cheap tat, Cycle rides, cycling, David Evans, flood, Knaves Court, Local politics, New Photos, potholes, Reservoir, road maintenance, Silly, standing water, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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