To include:

·         Update on capital programme

·         Update on impacts of recent flood event and actions

15 mins

Update on Capital Programme

Ø  Shepherds Lane, Hurley has been substantially completed.

Ø  The 2016/17 Capital Programme had been approved by Cabinet in May including.

Ø  £75k highway drainage programme – including South Meadow Lane Eton culvert works, Brook Lane Waltham St Lawrence passing points and flap valve on outfall to Datchet Common Brook

Ø  £50k for minor highway drainage works.

Ø  £25k for reactive highway drainage works i.e. minor repairs jetting and drain cleaning.

Ø  £25k for works on the Wraysbury Drain in the vicinity of the Dive Centre

Ø  £50k for prioritised works from the Waltham Study

Ø  £50k for prioritised works from the Fifield Study

Ø  £25k contribution towards EA costs in investigating the feasibility / modelling of possible schemes in the Bisham / Cookham  areas.

Ø  £285k ongoing commitment towards the development of the River Thames Scheme.

Ø  £50k for the development of a register of structures and features with a significant affect on flood risk

Ø  £20k for the development of second round Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment

Ø  £100k for culvert replacement in Waltham Road Waltham St Lawrence (near Grove Park Business Estate)

A query was raised regarding gully emptying and Simon Lavin responded stating that there was a routine gully emptying programme in place.. The majority of gullies were cleaned once a year. Some roads were however cleaned four times per year and there was also a reactive programme in place.

Scott Salmon asked for a contact point within the Borough regarding emergency planning issues and Simon Lavin stated that Craig Miller, Head of Community Protection & Enforcement, was the correct person to contact regarding emergency planning.

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Update on impacts of recent flood event and actions

Ø  Flooding had been experienced at 4 locations in Windsor and 2 in Old Windsor. Albany Road and Meadow Lane needed to be investigated

Ø  Simon Lavin stated he was also aware of incidents in Datchet in Link Road and engineers were currently looking at that. Flooding also occurred in Lawn Close and part of London Road in Datchet which were private streets and legal advice had therefore been sought regarding possible actions.