The first phase of the works is almost complete. The large bore pipe is installed between Scalby Lane/Chestnut Drive and only requires the junction chamber between 6 & 7 Scalby Lane completing. I understand the flap valve at the downstream end is awaiting delivery but there is a clear escape route now for a VERY large volume of water to flow from the village system into Bishopsoil Drain and onwards to the River Ouse.
When the junction chamber is complete the reinstatement of garden fences etc will be carried out then the contractors will move on to phase 2 & 3 which will provide means of drainage for Westbrook Road, Westbrook Crescent and Station Road. The filling in of the original dyke between Westbrook and Bellasize Park had closed off the only route for water to escape from Westbrook Road when the floods of 2007 ocurred.
The Parish Council have resolved to explore ways to take control of the strip of land above the new large bore pipe to prevent unauthorised interference with the system as happened when one resident, against advice, installed two 12" pipes as an amateur culvert in the original dyke
