Comments on: John Redwood welcomes flood grant for Sylvester Close http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/07/06/john-redwood-welcomes-flood-grant-for-sylvester-close/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:47:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Resident http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/07/06/john-redwood-welcomes-flood-grant-for-sylvester-close/#comment-43306 Resident Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:24:57 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=3996#comment-43306 Nick - Why should we pay for the flood defences you stupid man?! WBC deemed the area as a non flood area in the 80's and assured us the houses would never flood. Do you think any of us would intentially purchase a property in an area which was prone to flooding? 144k is the least the council should be giving to us. Nobody pumps up when the council spend 250k on dog waste bins or 50k on removing graffiti! I hope you never have to live in a caravan with your family for 9 months whilst trying to sustain a degree of normality. I suggest you keep your comments to yourself. Nick – Why should we pay for the flood defences you stupid man?!
WBC deemed the area as a non flood area in the 80’s and assured us the houses would never flood. Do you think any of us would intentially purchase a property in an area which was prone to flooding? 144k is the least the council should be giving to us.

Nobody pumps up when the council spend 250k on dog waste bins or 50k on removing graffiti!

I hope you never have to live in a caravan with your family for 9 months whilst trying to sustain a degree of normality.

I suggest you keep your comments to yourself.

]]> By: Local 'Idiot' http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/07/06/john-redwood-welcomes-flood-grant-for-sylvester-close/#comment-41637 Local 'Idiot' Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:36:18 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=3996#comment-41637 Before you start calling people idiots I am one of the property owners and when we bought the house 5 years ago the house was not on the flood plain. The house was built in the early 80's and had never been flooded before. If you studied the area you may establish that the culvert which goes under the A329M motorway is half full with silt. The culvert has obviously never been cleared out by the Council since the motorway was built. Why should the poor flooded residents have to fork out £5K each after having to move out of our houses for between 9 & 12 months and go thru all that hassle, plus have a blighted property because of the inability of the WBC to keep the culvert maintained???? Perhaps you have a spare £5K to donate to help the Council get there act together Before you start calling people idiots I am one of the property owners and when we bought the house 5 years ago the house was not on the flood plain. The house was built in the early 80’s and had never been flooded before.

If you studied the area you may establish that the culvert which goes under the A329M motorway is half full with silt. The culvert has obviously never been cleared out by the Council since the motorway was built.

Why should the poor flooded residents have to fork out £5K each after having to move out of our houses for between 9 & 12 months and go thru all that hassle, plus have a blighted property because of the inability of the WBC to keep the culvert maintained????

Perhaps you have a spare £5K to donate to help the Council get there act together

]]> By: Nick http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/07/06/john-redwood-welcomes-flood-grant-for-sylvester-close/#comment-41422 Nick Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:47:47 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=3996#comment-41422 Why not just force the 20 properties to pay for the flood defences. 5K each, and no doubt they would get the work done for a lower cost that the simple shopper. As a bonus, I don't have to pay for the people (idiots) who bought on a flood plane. It's socialist claptrap that everyone else has to pay for other's mistakes. Nick Why not just force the 20 properties to pay for the flood defences. 5K each, and no doubt they would get the work done for a lower cost that the simple shopper.

As a bonus, I don’t have to pay for the people (idiots) who bought on a flood plane.

It’s socialist claptrap that everyone else has to pay for other’s mistakes.

Nick

]]> By: Frugal Dougal http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/07/06/john-redwood-welcomes-flood-grant-for-sylvester-close/#comment-41418 Frugal Dougal Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:50:26 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=3996#comment-41418 Agreed, but since many places are flooding now that didn't used to, surely there should also be a premium for building on flood plains, or - as is the case here in the Fens - for building on fields on higher land than existing settlements, which used to absorb rainwater before it reached them? Agreed, but since many places are flooding now that didn’t used to, surely there should also be a premium for building on flood plains, or – as is the case here in the Fens – for building on fields on higher land than existing settlements, which used to absorb rainwater before it reached them?

]]> By: Mark Wadsworth http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/07/06/john-redwood-welcomes-flood-grant-for-sylvester-close/#comment-41392 Mark Wadsworth Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:33:40 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=3996#comment-41392 Flood protection is important, but it is a prime example of 'public' expenditure that should be met by a land value tax on the properties that benefit therefrom. Sure, owners of those properties should be allowed to vote on whether the spend goes ahead, or whether they just accept higher insurance bills and lower property values as a lesser evil. Flood protection is important, but it is a prime example of ‘public’ expenditure that should be met by a land value tax on the properties that benefit therefrom. Sure, owners of those properties should be allowed to vote on whether the spend goes ahead, or whether they just accept higher insurance bills and lower property values as a lesser evil.

]]> By: oldrightie http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/07/06/john-redwood-welcomes-flood-grant-for-sylvester-close/#comment-41390 oldrightie Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:24:52 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=3996#comment-41390 “This is good news for residents but we have waited far too long for it”. Yup, Jimmy Brown's flood expertise in action? Sometime- never, if left to him. “This is good news for residents but we have waited far too long for it”.

Yup, Jimmy Brown’s flood expertise in action? Sometime- never, if left to him.

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