Footpath flooding on Milton Road and Nun's Way

We've had reports from a number of residents that the north end of Milton Road has had the footpath completely flooded.
It seems that the grass verges are now blocking the drains, so I have written to the County Council to try and see what can be done to fix this issue. I'll let you know if I get any response!

In addition, officers from the County have been and visited Nun's way to look at various footpath flooding there. It seems that there may be some drainage channels blocked, but they can't tell until the water dissipates. If the drainage channel is too small for the waterway, or indeed doesn't exist, then officers have agreed to look at putting some in.

Let me know if you have any other tales of woe, either in the comments or by the usual methods.

Dog warden

Another quick post: I've been in touch with the dog warden quite a bit this year.

They have had some success in dealing with fouling issues in Kent Way and Nuns Way. They have also investigated problems with dogs off leads.

If dogs off leads are causing a problem in parks we would need to place a special order on the park, and I'd rather not stop the majority of responsible dog owners from being able to exercise their dogs! Do let us know of any problems and we will deal with them.

Nuns Way rec play equipment

Bad news on the Nuns Way rec repairs. I've just recieved an email from parks about the repairs.

The issue is that to strengthen the boards to avoid future repeats of the damage needs something called "trailer board". This is a special wood and has been on order from more than one local supplier for several months but has not yet come back into stock.

I am expecting another update soon. The equipment will be back in service eventually but I can't give a date yet. I will continue to chase...