Please see here for an article in the Selby Times entitled " Yorkshire Water to help residents’ flooding misery in South Milford". A snippet from the article is below:
It looks as though South Milford's flooding woes could be coming to an end as the Environment Agency and Yorkshire Water have finally come to the rescue of the villagers who have been plagued by flooding for years.
Over the past few months, the Selby Times has documented the fight by residents to get something done to safeguard the village from further flooding and, finally, it looks as though things are starting to move forward.
The first steps to protect the village came nearly five weeks ago when two tankers appeared in the High Street with huge suction machines to remove debris from the blocked culvert.
Stones and silt were removed from the culvert - which runs beneath the road for half a kilometre from the top of the village to the public park.
Twice this year floods have brought misery to residents living in South Milford and have caused nearly £2 million worth of damage.
For months the group 'South Milford Against Flooding' have been campaigning for more to be done to protect the village and its residents from these floods and it looks as though their hard work has finally paid off.
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It looks as though South Milford's flooding woes could be coming to an end as the Environment Agency and Yorkshire Water have finally come to the rescue of the villagers who have been plagued by flooding for years.
Over the past few months, the Selby Times has documented the fight by residents to get something done to safeguard the village from further flooding and, finally, it looks as though things are starting to move forward.
The first steps to protect the village came nearly five weeks ago when two tankers appeared in the High Street with huge suction machines to remove debris from the blocked culvert.
Stones and silt were removed from the culvert - which runs beneath the road for half a kilometre from the top of the village to the public park.
Twice this year floods have brought misery to residents living in South Milford and have caused nearly £2 million worth of damage.
For months the group 'South Milford Against Flooding' have been campaigning for more to be done to protect the village and its residents from these floods and it looks as though their hard work has finally paid off.
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