UPDATE: MEETING POSTPONED UNTIL MAY AT REQUEST OF BRENT COUNCIL. Are Brent Council, the Environment Agency, Canal and Rivers Trust prepared for flooding as a result of climate change? Brent ACE Meeting with councillors, March 24th 6.30pm on-line

 

College Road, Preston, Wembley

Climate change means more severe weather events LINK including torrential rain swelling rivers and leaving drains unable to cope.

Are Brent Council, the Environment Agency, Canal and Rivers Trust prepared for this and what is the situation in different Brent localities?

 

An invitation from ACE (Action on the Climate and Ecological Emergency)Brent: 

With 9% of the Brent population at risk of flooding and 15% expected to be in the future (FoE data), ACE Brent's next meeting with council members is on the topic of flood prevention. 

ACE Brent meeting with Cabinet members Cllr Krupa Sheth and Cllr Jake Rubin, Tues 24th March 6.30-8pm 

Click for Zoom link (If asked for Passcode, enter BrentFoE)

We will be discussing lessons from the Woodcock Park community-led flood alleviation project, hearing about other flood risk areas, finding out how the council is responding and pushing for more urgent action.

We have requested officer updates before the meeting - please respond to receive this information before the meeting. info@brentfoe.com 

Brent flood risk information   here

you can check your flood risk   here

UPDATED: Thames Water report Wembley Triangle sewage leak. Potential pollution of Wembley Brook.

 

WEMBLEY TRIANGLE TONIGHT

 A resident reported: No engineer in sight but  no leak either. From Wembley Hill Road the road is closed to the left if you wished to go down Harrow Road. From Harrow Road coming into Wembley there is no right turn into Wembley Hill Road.

By all accounts is chaos, as from Wembley Hill Road you have no choice but to turn right into the High Road.  Vehicles are going across this junction and turning in St Josephs RC Church car park then leaping out to turn right on to Harrow Road towards NCRd.  A few are attempting to turn left at the triangle and  dicing with death as it doesn't appear that the traffic lights are giving them the option.

 Thames Water has reported to Brent Council that a 'big crack' opened up overnight on the road at Wembley Triangle. Sewage escaped from the main sewer about 3 metres below ground and cascaded into roadside gullies.

Thames have classified this as pollution as it leads into the Wembley Brook (of recent fame).  At the time of informing Brent Council. Thames said there had been no real impact on the brook at present but further work would be done today to investigate further and survey the pipe. This will establish the reapirs need to return the sewer to normal service and prevent any further flooding or pollution.

Wembley Matters has asked the Thames Water officer responsible for an update on the situation after today's investigation.

Wembley Brook now running freely after remedial works on the Argenta House flood site

Trench works at Argenta House

Asked for an update on works at the Argenta House site, opposite Wembley Park Station, following the floods a spokesperson for the Londonewcastle Latimer joint venture, told Wembley Matters:

Henry Construction – who are no longer on the project – carried out work at our Argenta House site. The local area is an area with known and longstanding issues with flooding. 

 

We are aware of the view that Henry’s temporary works to the nearby brook may have been a contributing factor, alongside exceptionally adverse weather, to the recent floods. After taking back control of the site following Henry’s administration and having received notification from the Environment Agency that remedial works were needed, we removed the temporary work as a precautionary step. We can see the brook is now running freely and we continue to monitor the site.

We remain in regular contact with key stakeholders including the council and the Environment Agency to support ongoing investigations in the wider area following the flooding.