Persistent flooding at the Co-op in Middle Street, Blackhall Colliery

Following a considerable amount of steady rainfall recently we have noticed that standing rainwater in the road directly outside the main entrance to the Co-op in Middle Street, Blackhall Colliery is again causing problems for staff, customers and pedestrians alike. This is a particularly persistent problem with quite a long history of repair requests.

Standing rainwater outside the entrance to Blackhall Co-op at 7 o'clock this morning

We first reported this problem back in 2014 when the county council reacted by clearing and repairing the drains to the side of the store (please see post dated Wednesday 5 November 2014).

While this did alleviate some of the problem we reported again the following year that standing water in the highway was causing flooding into the store and was also causing problems for shoppers when passing traffic washed rainwater onto the pavement. We were assured at the time that the problem would be addressed as soon as possible (please see post dated Sunday 19 July 2015).

We followed up on this complaint in October last year and we were assured then that the highway inspector had noted the problem and had reported the highway to be planed to prevent further instances of flooding (see below):

Sent on behalf of Highways Inspector, Neil Beckensall

Reference No. 41388321

Dear Councillors,

With regards to the report flooding on the highway outside the Co-op store, Blackhall Colliery, the Highway Inspector has noted that the area is scheduled to be planed out due to the standing water issue in this location when a patching gang is next in the area.

Thanks

Highways Business Support 
Wed 14/10/2015 12:01

Given the persistent rainfall over the past few weeks we have now had to contact the council once again to impress on them the urgency of carrying out corrective measures to address once and for all the problems associated with flooding at this particular location.

To ensure a satisfactory solution we will follow progress with this matter very closely and we'll keep you up to date with developments as and when they arise.