General (General discussion, talk about anything.)
If I had to guess, I would say that the Environment Agency are installing a river level monitoring station on Hawkley Brook, at that location, because when it flooded at the then new Marus Bridge, Traffic Light Junction, otherwise known as 'Tom's Folly' in 2016, it was decided in a report that it was not building rubble from those works which had blocked the culvert, causing the road junction and surrounding area to flood, but it was just the sheer volume of rain which had fallen in a short time, god having big pee on Billinge Hill and surrounding areas, and it flooded some houses in Winstanley, has well as in Hawkley Hall.
So they don't think that the culvert through which Hawkley Brook flows through Hawkley Hall and into Scotmans Flash is big enough to cope with these massive deluges, which are becoming more common these days through climate change.
And did yoo know that the wooded area off Fulbeck Avenue and Athol Grove, where the original Hawkley Hall big house stood, is actually a catchment area for Hawkley Brook in times flood, as is that grassed area where Coppice Drive dips down between the houses
Replied: 16th Oct 2021 at 19:34