Wrinehill Road Report for July

 

Report on Roads and other issues in Wrinehill in July 2023

This report looked at the Roads in Wrinehill after the recent heavy rains.  If there had been any remedial action re drain unblocking it was not evident.  However, a permanent sign had appeared stating ‘road subject to flooding’ – which these days appears to be most of the time.

Flooding

These photographs were taken on Friday (14 July).  By Sunday, and more heavy rain, the pool was right across the road, and deep.  It is understood that when the 3-way road traffic control was operating over the last week, this contributed to the build-up of traffic at the junction of the Main Road and Checkley Lane.

 

 


   

 

 

 

From the two photographs below it would appear that water and sludge are coming not from Malt Kiln Farm land but from the temporary road (so called) with its steep incline onto Checkley Lane.  Water is also draining from the fields on the opposite side of the road further along the Lane.  Whilst it is recognised that this has been a mainly soak-away area, there is a great need for the drain infrastructure to be improved to cope with the increased rainfall and silt being washed into the drains. 

 


   

Run-off from the temporary road- water and silt

 


Water and Silt washing down from higher up the Lane

 


   

 

Although one of the drains under the bridge has been unblocked its partner opposite is still blocked and causing water to back up along the Lane.  The water under the bridge will not drain away until it reaches a certain volume to feed into the unblocked drain.  It would be useful if the silt etc taken from the drains could be removed and not left by the side of the drains so that it is washed back into the drain after heavy rain. 

 

The spongey effluent from one of the drains has been dealt with on the Cheshire East side.

 

Telecom Mast Water Issue

Regarding the issue of water seeping from underground at the telecom mast site, it appears that this has now been addressed by filling in the trench and the area where the water is seeping up from underground, using earth.  However, the water is still running underneath this and into the drain.   Should the drain become blocked this too will be another area of flooding.  


    

Showing the buried water channel

Some work has been carried out on the telecom cabinets and their contents.  The technician stated that it was likely that full operation/transmission  would not happen for several months.  The telegraph pole is increasingly being adorned with equipment and wires.    

   

The Housing development

 


    

 

The housing development on the former Wrinehill garage site has now reached roof level.  This has meant that the overhead telephone/electric wiring has to be dealt with.  The onsite telegraph pole and wiring will have to be removed, I am told, and the wires fed underground.  The telegraph pole on the road side, it seems, will remain.   This will mean that the pavement will need to be dug up a second time.  It will also mean that whilst the work is taking place the electricity supply will be cut off.  Hopefully residents will be pre- warned.

 


   

The roofs cannot be put up until the wires have been removed.

 

Pavements

It is hoped that when this work has been completed, that the whole stretch of pavement will be resurfaced instead of just patched.

Accidents

I have been approached recently by an elderly resident of Wrinehill who had fallen on the narrowed pavement along the main Road, whilst out walking.  He had sustained a large bruise on his face and a large patch of skin had been removed from his hand. Owing to the vegetation spreading across the pavement he had been forced to walk close to the kerb which was uneven.  He said he was lucky that he had not fallen into the busy road – or broken any bones.     

He also reported a sunken manhole cover outside his house which made a loud noise every time a heavy vehicle passed over it.  This was causing a nuisance to him and his neighbours, particularly at night.

A second resident had tripped on the uneven edge of the road in Checkley Lane where the tarmac had broken up, and twisted an ankle.  This meant the inability to walk for a week and pain for three weeks.

Recommendation:

That given the new sums of money given to Local Councils as reported by County Councillor Paul Northcott recently (£4 million), for potholes, pavements and road repairs, that this now be deployed by Staffordshire County Council to remedy the issues raised in this report, and as a matter of urgency before more serious accidents occur.  

That the Parish Council also moves from the position of merely expressing ‘concern’ for the above mentioned issues (flooding, roads and pavements), to taking a more pro-active approach to finding and/or bringing about resolutions.  

 

A Drakakis-Smith

Wrinehill Parish Councillor

17 July 2023

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