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  • #54689

    wrexview
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    Anyone else noticed now many of the drains in the town have grass growing up through the grid? When we have a storm or even heavy rain look out for flash flooding.Have the Council just cut back on their cleaning programme or stopped it all together?

    #69433

    zinger
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    If cracks start appearing in the drainage system we will start to panic. It will just like the guttering with trees growing out of them.

    #69435

    MP1953
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    @wrexview 15181 wrote:

    Anyone else noticed now many of the drains in the town have grass growing up through the grid? When we have a storm or even heavy rain look out for flash flooding.Have the Council just cut back on their cleaning programme or stopped it all together?

    You are right, they apparently have now got only 2 vehicles to clear grids/drains etc. to do the whole borough and then they only come out if there is a complaint made.:(

    #69430

    wrexview
    Participant

    Surely the cost of clearing up after a flood far outweighs the cost of proper maintenance.Noticed Llwyn Isaf grass was being cut yet again this morning, it must have been at least half an inch long ! The Council seem unable to get their priorities right.

    #69436

    wxm
    Participant

    Gross expenditure 2013/4:
    £000’s
    Central Services to the Public 12,630
    Cultural and Related Services 15,897
    Environmental and Regulatory Services 24,616
    Planning Services 11,197
    Children’s and Education Services 139,481
    Highways and Transport Services 16,671
    Local Authority Housing (HRA) 41,511
    Other Housing Services 52,048
    Adult Social Care 60,383
    Corporate and Democratic Core 4,002
    Non Distributed Costs 989
    Cost of Services 379,425
    Other Operating Expenditure 20,119
    Financing & Investment Income & Expenditure 36,726
    Taxation and Non Specific Grant Income 0
    (Surplus) / Deficit on Provision of Services 436,270

    #69434

    BenjaminM
    Participant

    For goodness sake, will you please stop the endless bloody lists ESPECIALLY when it has nothing to do with the thread.
    Is it an obsession or just boredom?

    #69437

    wxm
    Participant

    Happy to stop if people don’t find it appropriate. I thought it was relevant. The affect on the pride and reputation of Wrexham, and the risk by not having effective drains, by only having two vehicles that do not appear to have a regular maintenance cycle, can be addressed by looking at the overall income and spend of Wrexham, and deciding on the priorities for the future.

    We constantly debate the problems and insufficient resources in Wrexham, but I can’t recall seeing answers for the whole picture of Wrexham, on the total income and total spend, and how it addresses the priorities of the community.

    #69439

    Maureen Gray
    Participant

    @wxm 15191 wrote:

    “that do not appear to have a regular maintenance cycle “

    I must pull you up on this point Mr Wxm, the Council do have a regular maintenance cycle – a man on a bike with a ladder passes my house every week!

    #69438

    missmarple
    Participant

    We have a drain in the road outside our property. When it gets clogged up with dirt from the roadsweeper, I pop outside with a stick and clear it – takes all of a minute or 2 :)

    #69431

    wrexview
    Participant

    These drains have been neglected for some time and are so full they will need either digging out or power washing. Spotted some on KingsMills Road and Chester Road today, perhaps we should post when we see them so the Council knows where to look!

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