Comments on: Miliband promoted despite flooding failure http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/06/30/miliband-promoted-despite-flooding-failure/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:45:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: John Redwood http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/06/30/miliband-promoted-despite-flooding-failure/#comment-3782 John Redwood Sun, 01 Jul 2007 08:49:59 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=334#comment-3782 Reply: I agree - I will have another go at getting some action on cleqring up the Emmbrook again. It is not good enough and many of us care about that part of Wokingham's landscape. John Redwood Reply:
I agree - I will have another go at getting some action on cleqring up the Emmbrook again. It is not good enough and many of us care about that part of Wokingham’s landscape. John Redwood

]]> By: Neal http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/06/30/miliband-promoted-despite-flooding-failure/#comment-3780 Neal Sun, 01 Jul 2007 07:36:34 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=334#comment-3780 I agree that the Environment Agency isn't doing it's job. I live in Wokingham and there's a brook near me (the Emm Brook) and it was regularly dredged by the water board pre-privatisation. It was at least waist deep, I know I fell in it on a few occasions and there used to be lots of fish in the river. Since the Environment agency took over responsibility for the water ways it's dredged once in a blue moon and the fish have gone. On a good day it's 2 inches deep, the rest is filled with silt, rubbish, stolen bikes and shopping trolleys. Every time there's heavy rain it floods and the water doesn't get channeled to other tributaries. There are many examples of this all over my area where flooding occurs. It happens not because of the volume of water when it rains but becase the waterways aren't managed properly anymore. The Agency needs to be overhauled and held accountable as they have a duty of care to manage this very important network of waterways. I agree that the Environment Agency isn’t doing it’s job.

I live in Wokingham and there’s a brook near me (the Emm Brook) and it was regularly dredged by the water board pre-privatisation. It was at least waist deep, I know I fell in it on a few occasions and there used to be lots of fish in the river. Since the Environment agency took over responsibility for the water ways it’s dredged once in a blue moon and the fish have gone. On a good day it’s 2 inches deep, the rest is filled with silt, rubbish, stolen bikes and shopping trolleys. Every time there’s heavy rain it floods and the water doesn’t get channeled to other tributaries. There are many examples of this all over my area where flooding occurs. It happens not because of the volume of water when it rains but becase the waterways aren’t managed properly anymore.

The Agency needs to be overhauled and held accountable as they have a duty of care to manage this very important network of waterways.

]]> By: Jorgen http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/06/30/miliband-promoted-despite-flooding-failure/#comment-3757 Jorgen Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:56:06 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=334#comment-3757 Ah, but in the Labour Party being Foreign Secretary is easier than dealing with flood water. With the latter it is easy to see that you have failed miserably. With the former, he can just blame those damn foreigners for whatever problems arise. Ah, but in the Labour Party being Foreign Secretary is easier than dealing with flood water. With the latter it is easy to see that you have failed miserably. With the former, he can just blame those damn foreigners for whatever problems arise.

]]> By: Man in a Shed http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/06/30/miliband-promoted-despite-flooding-failure/#comment-3753 Man in a Shed Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:51:52 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=334#comment-3753 Good point. Good point.

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