Action scheduled
Damage or frequently blocked drain
Reported via mobile in the Damaged Drains category by Matthew Connolly at 16:46, Thursday 18 September 2025
Sent to Northumberland County Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 8183993.
The corner drain gets all the water and debris from 300m of Church Street there are 4 gulley's on the far side of the road and just one this side in the same stretch of road this lead to laminar flow down Church Street to the corner at Bridge Street. Other gulley's have Brocken iron or surface damage around with plants growing.
Updates
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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 16:46, Thursday 18 September 2025
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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 06:45, Friday 19 September 2025
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The problem continues. This will now be escalated to highways officers as Fix My Street is broken. There is little point. You are doing works on roads less damaged than this.
Posted by Matthew Connolly at 17:33, Thursday 16 October 2025
Still open, via questionnaire -
No action taken
Posted by Matthew Connolly at 21:39, Thursday 13 November 2025
Still open, via questionnaire -
Same old issue every time it rains
Posted by Matthew Connolly at 07:34, Friday
Still open, via questionnaire
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