St Neots FLAG

successful 'flood wardens' meeting at the Rivermill Pub last night... more new FLAG members, twelve flood wardens appointed with thirteen more in the pipeline #gettingprepared #StNeotsFLAG #flooding #expandingtheFLAG StNeotsFLAG.org

@CommunitiesPrep Does @CommunitiesPrep have a date for their website training to go live again, will this be live in September?

September is Preparedness month! #30Days30Ways Starting from the 1st of September, we'll be sharing daily content ranging from knowing your risk to making a plan! Watch this space!

The CCC flood team will be hosting a flood resilience event and will be joined by the Environment Agency... 27th March in the St Neots Library ( PE19 2BH ), from 3.30pm to 6.30pm.

@SteveCount, the FLAG received a direct apology from you regarding the non clearance of drains in St Neots. We NOW demand an apology from @stevetierney he cannot rewrite history... @BOROFERGIE thankyou for your continue support

the FLAG applied direct pressure to CCC Highways and forced a gully clearance to start in early December 2020... deny all you like @stevetierney but you CANNOT rewrite history

Very disappointing that @stevetierney ( CCC Conservative Councillor ) thinks that flooding in St Neots is a joke... and denies that the drains weren't cleaned for five years... youtube.com/clip/UgkxjOAsr…

@EdwinaLL @michaelsavage @Feargal_Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey definitely has my vote, #STOPthewatercompaniesdetroyingOURrivers #holdingtheutiliestoaccount would be good to stop the likes this 👇🏻 votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Commons/…

Wider area flood alert removed, 8.10am today.

stneotsFLAG status - "off duty" Both the flood warning and wider flood alert now removed and all quiet. #floodteamrestbite #nowISthetimetosortYOURfloodRESILIENCE #youshouldgetprepared

@BenObeseJecty Within the Great Ouse catchment, there are many significant issues. However under funding of the EA has lead to a sticking plaster approach to assets. Have a read at the article tweeted earlier.

@cobalteight The issues aren’t exclusively the responsibility of the EA. As the article explains different communities are impacted by different issues, each the responsibility of different stakeholders. In your experience what do you believe the most significant specific issues to be here?

“We need to establish a strategic approach to multi-agency interoperability, and remove the burden from volunteers” My piece today in @ConHome about the challenges volunteer groups face in tackling local flooding. A huge issue here in Huntingdon. tinyurl.com/mr43nc8m

@BenObeseJecty I'm not suggesting they are. Yes, I did read the article and I am fully aware of the roles and responsibilities AND flood resilience and that it's not a one size fits all ( have been involved in flood resilience personally for almost forty years ).

@BenObeseJecty @ConHome committees.parliament.uk/committee/127/…

Today, I attended the Regional Flood and Coastal Committee meeting for the River Great Ouse. I offered a strong challenge to EA on the quality of St Neots telemetry, the efficacy of the flood warning system, and the fact that two sluice gates close to St Ives are not working, and might have contributed to the flooding of Crystal Lakes and the Pike and Eel Marina. I also requested that FLAGs be represented on the RFCC. Thank you to St Neots FLAG - flood liaison action group and St Ives FLAG for challenging me so that I could challenge the EA.

@NivagXCV @borofergie @CambsCC thank you

@borofergie @cobalteight @CambsCC Not ideal! But this is such a cool photo!

Here is a drone picture of the (rather picturesque) damage to Little Paxton Bridge taken by St Neots Flag (@cobalteight). When I visited it this morning - within an hour of reporting it - @CambsCC Highways Engineers were already inspecting it.

@AnthonyBrowneMP Really, or is this a library shot... doubt you were local as have asked to meet now three times seeing you are an Under-Secretary of State for Transport. Does photo ops ( A428 upgrade recently ) but doesn't bother with proactive discussions. #feelingletdown

Out and about in St Neot’s talking to residents over the weekend. What a lovely crisp clear sunny day!

@alexbeckett Not sexy but very important, thank you 👍🏻

Grip cutting, not very sexy but we're investing £300k in grip cutting to make sure our more rural roads are free of standing water.

Budget day today at full council. While Trussonomics had lead to 30%+ inflation in highways and us having to be far more restrained with our budget I'm really proud of some of the things we're bringing forward. A thread🧵:

@alexbeckett Don't forget the cyclical maintenance of the gully system... the weather gurus talking about a wet February... need to keep pluvial issues to a minimum 👍🏻 Councillor Count's administration failed miserably in this respect when they neglected them for circa five years 👍🏻