Re: Stadium and other issues : Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:54 pm  

Willzay wrote:

Been told parts of Wheldon Road have been flooded?

About 60% of the pitch under water

Re: Stadium and other issues : Sat Oct 21, 2023 4:34 pm  

To be considered a flood risk it will need to include the surrounding areas and usually resulting from a river breaking its banks for example. It is possible for any area to be waterlogged even those on top of a mountain but it would not be considered a flood risk to the environment agency.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Sat Oct 21, 2023 4:43 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

To be considered a flood risk it will need to include the surrounding areas and usually resulting from a river breaking its banks for example. It is possible for any area to be waterlogged even those on top of a mountain but it would not be considered a flood risk to the environment agency.

It's flood zone 3.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Sat Oct 21, 2023 6:22 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

It's flood zone 3.

The EA would only be concerned and consider it to be a flood if it was due to the river bursting its banks. A waterlogged pitch in isolation would not fall under this definition. I don’t know if there was subsequent flooding in the area.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:39 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

The EA would only be concerned and consider it to be a flood if it was due to the river bursting its banks. A waterlogged pitch in isolation would not fall under this definition. I don’t know if there was subsequent flooding in the area.

Surface water flooding is also monitored by the EA.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:44 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

The EA would only be concerned and consider it to be a flood if it was due to the river bursting its banks. A waterlogged pitch in isolation would not fall under this definition. I don’t know if there was subsequent flooding in the area.

Utter rubbish.

Water is water. Flooding is flooding.

A bank breach is a singular catastrophic event, but before that come many levels of ground saturation.

If the locality's flood attenuation is low, it's a flood risk.

Wheldon Road is in a Cat 3 flood risk area.

The "type" of water changes nothing.

The Cas rebuild is toast without MAJOR (expensive) attenuation schemes.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:50 pm  

And I'll add to that...Yorkshire wasn't even in the weather warning zone.

If the storm had hit us...you can guess the rest.

The EA have just been proved 100% correct with their objection to the build.

You should note that one of their issues is that the Cas development displaces water that would otherwise sit in the ground.

They don't care if the ground floods - they care about where that displaced water goes - it goes to residential areas.

The new plans = more water displaced to elsewhere.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:54 pm  

And further...

The original EA objection detailed all their concerns.

The developers response was "you're wrong", their second response was "it'll be reyt".

They were wrong on both counts and getting out of that hole will not be cheap.

Will Axiom be so far into J32 that they'll stump up the extras for Wheldon Road???

Re: Stadium and other issues : Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:15 pm  

[quote="dboy"]Utter rubbish.

Water is water. Flooding is flooding.

A bank breach is a singular catastrophic event, but before that come many levels of ground saturation.

If the locality's flood attenuation is low, it's a flood risk.

Wheldon Road is in a Cat 3 flood risk area.

The "type" of water changes nothing.

So if your garden flooded would you expect the area you live to be a flood risk. I agree Wheldon Road will be a flood risk area because of the close proximity of the river but the picture showed only surface water on the ground and the question would be that this event is possible at any venue.
I know we are clutching at anything to secure our return to SL but that is in our hands so I would concentrate on that rather than look to the failures of others or conspiracy by IMG.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:25 pm  

dboy wrote:

And I'll add to that...Yorkshire wasn't even in the weather warning zone.

If the storm had hit us...you can guess the rest.

The EA have just been proved 100% correct with their objection to the build.

You should note that one of their issues is that the Cas development displaces water that would otherwise sit in the ground.

They don't care if the ground floods - they care about where that displaced water goes - it goes to residential areas.

The new plans = more water displaced to elsewhere.

Much of Yorkshire, including our area, was under an amber weather warning all day yesterday.