Drain at bottom of turning circle blocked. Water running into garage in private driveway.

Updates

• Thank you for contacting us about an issue with a drain.

  Our inspection teams will review your report within 10 working days.

  We will investigate drain reports that relate to the following:-

  • Where cars are having to drive on the opposite side of the road due to a blocked drain
  • Where pedestrians are having to walk off the pavement into the road due to a blocked drain
  • Where the road is not passable due to blocked drains
  • Where surface water from the highway is entering business premises
  • Where surface water from the highway is entering private property
  • Where there is a build-up of surface water at a bus stop
  • Where there is a build-up of surface water at pedestrian crossings

  Below are some examples of blocked drains:

  

  Posted by Northumberland County Council at 21:05, Mon 7 July 2025

• Great news, we have progress on your report.

  Our inspection team have completed their investigations and instructed repairs to be completed. At this time the repair does not meet our immediate repair criteria.

  We have added this repair to our future schedule of works.

  State changed to: Action scheduled

  Posted by Northumberland County Council at 09:42, Tue 8 July 2025

• The problem was fixed within 2 weeks of reporting. The guys who came to do it very extremely helpful and friendly. I was relieved when it was done as the overflow was happening with just short downpours. so I was happy to see it fixed before heavier storms came

  State changed to: Fixed

  Posted by John Laughlin at 23:15, Mon 4 August 2025

• The problem was fixed within 2 weeks of reporting. The guys who came to do it very extremely helpful and friendly. I was relieved when it was done as the overflow was happening with just short downpours. so I was happy to see it fixed before heavier storms came

  State changed to: Fixed

  Posted by John Laughlin at 17:41, Wed 6 August 2025