Parke Road, Lower Sunbury, this morning

The following email was received from Spelthorne Council today and is published for information of all who may be affected:

Dear Residents' Associations,

The Council website has a lot of relevant information regarding the latest flooding.

Please see below – which provides information on what the Council is doing. Please distribute to all your members.

-The river Thames continues to rise and information from the Environment Agency suggests it will not peak until very early next week. The flood warning still stands on the river Colne. Groundwater is a further issues which is causing difficulties for our residents.

-The Council’s Emergency centre (phone line only) will operate over the weekend 10am-6pm. See website for phone numbers

-The Greeno Centre is on standby as an emergency rest centre.

-Streetscene continue to work on the ground assessing the situation and where of benefit, distributing sandbags.

-The Council is now updating its website information including providing links to the Environment Agency’s guidance on Flooding from Groundwater.

-The Council continues to work closely with Surrey County council and our health colleagues to support the most vulnerable.

Regards

Joanne Jones

Community Development