Southwell residents are being urged to sign up to help with the largest system of emergency road closures in Europe, which could come into force if it floods again. A total of 21 roads could be closed by volunteers in the event of flooding to reduce damage to properties. Mrs Jacky Huson, a member of… Read more »
Footage from BBC News at 10pm On his first official duty as newly elected MP for Newark & Sherwood constituency, members of the Forum and local residents met with Robert Jenrick to update him on the Southwell Flood Mitigation plan for which he confirmed his full support.
Mark Bertolini and Katy Todd were invited on behalf of the Southwell Flood Forum, along with other organsiations in Newark, to meet with the Prime Minister when he made another pre-election visit on Monday 2nd June. It was an opportunity to tell him what had happened on 23rd July 2013, and to emphasise that it wasn’t the first time we had… Read more »
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, was at the Bramley Apple pub in Southwell today (Tuesday) detailing Government support on flooding. He told the Advertiser the Treasury would contribute towards a £1.8m plan aimed at improving Southwell’s flood defences.
Mark Bertolini and Katy Todd were invited on behalf of the Flood Forum, along with other organisations in Newark, to meet with the Prime Minister when he made another election visit on 2nd June 2014. It was an opportunity to tell him what had happened, and that it wasn’t the first time we had flooding in the town. He accepted… Read more »
Early Rainfall Monitors Southwell Flood Forum are currently in the process of developing a larger Street Rep network and Community Emergency Plan for the whole town including Flood Wardens and the road closure scheme. However with the current weather situation and the fact that the town flooded this time of year in 2007 and 2013… Read more »
Find out more about Community Resilience, and sign-up as a Street Rep at our Drop-in evening on Wednesday 18th June, in Southwell Library. Street Reps will be a key strength in supporting the Community Emergency Plan to help prepare ourselves and our neighbours for an emergency in our immediate vicinity. Street Reps will be allocated… Read more »
A dyke might be created on a Southwell playing field to prevent homes from flooding. The town’s flood forum has drawn up the plan for Harvey’s Field. It would involve reducing the level of the field so it could act as a balancing pond in the event of Potwell Dyke flooding. Read more
A sincere “Thank You” to those of you who attended the second Southwell Flood Forum Public Meeting on April 10th We appreciated such a huge turnout, particularly during Easter holiday time. Thank you also to those who sent apologies. To you all and those who couldn’t attend, this is a resume of the meeting. Also… Read more »
Our thanks to Millie Kirkpatrick for taking this video. A transcript of the meeting (not verbatim) can be read below…
