Yesterday evening after a meeting at Ebley Mill re training needs of councillors it was on to the monthly Ruscombe Brook Action Group meeting....We heard about the latest overflowing manhole incident on 10-01-07 by A.S. Cooke's yard in Puckshole - see photo - suspected blockage - possibly root growth - Severn Trent acted pretty swiftly in sorting it but much sewage still got into the brook. Severn Trent are planning some further root cutting and some sections relining - I've just sent another email to them to see when all that can happen.
Bob Nightingale, SDC's Drainage Officer gave the group a useful summary of the state of the sewers after viewing the video work Severn Trent undertook last year. It was reassuring to know that most is not too bad - but clearly work is still needed! RBAG have booked the main Council Chamber for the end of this month to meet with Stroud District Council to explore Partnership possibilities. This must be the way forward - involving local Parishes, landowners etc - hopefully then we can seek funding for more sustainable works like reed beds etc.
A date to pencil in your diary is our AGM - provisionally booked for 1st March with 2 local speakers.
Fat traps - two-thirds of the 150 or so have been distributed with leaflets - favourable mentions in SNJ, Citizen and local Randwick Runner will hopefully raise the issue - see previous blogs to learn more.
Various other issues were raised - one re the work at the Lawns - I'll try and do a Blog entry re that later on as I need to write to British Waterways and others...
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