A resident comments on the Oxford Flood Alleviation
Scheme. Will it affect our area? You
can read about it on the following websites:
The planned scheme shows various options, see ‘Channel Route
Options’, covering a 5km area running from just north of Botley Road to the
Thames at Weir Mill Stream just south of Oxford.
It has been designed to carry water away from the city centre during
heavy rainfall. Also, here is a link to
the latest news story (Oxford Times – posted 9th April 2017):
There will be opportunities to view the final designs for
the channel at a series of public events next month. The dates for the events which are all from
2pm to 8pm are:
11th May - West Oxford Community Centre, Botley Road
12th May - South Oxford Community Centre, Botley Road
15th May - Oxford Deaf & Hard of Hearing Centre, St
Ebbes
18th May - St Luke's Church, Canning Crescent
The agency hopes to submit a planning application to Oxford City
Council on November 3rd and start groundworks in September 2018.
It will be interesting to see how the plan for the final designs
takes into account the effect, on Abingdon and other areas, of the extra water
flooding downstream in the future. Watch
this space!
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