On going issues about traffic and highway flooding in Hendy

This morning a resident living in heol y parc came to my monthly with a number of issues and concerns, I was already working on several of the issues one was about the youngsters drinking in the park who had been leaving empty beer bottles and cans littered around,

I explained I had risen the issue with the county council litter team and the local community police earlier in the week I explained that I had raised as a councillors enquiry with the parks and litter picking team and that county council officers had till September 10th to respond to myself. below is a copy of that enquiry.

Flooding in Hendy

The resident also asked what was wrong with Heol Y Parc Drains and Gullies as they had seen the county council Highways cleaning the drains and gullies

I explained that this had come as an action plan agreed with the Executive Board Member after a site meeting with Myself and Nia Griffith MP and himself to discuss flooding issues at Bryngwilli

I told them that he had agreed that all the drains should be cleaned and that camera inspection to check that they weren’t blocked or collapsed, because as Bryngwilli is one of the lowest points the road is prone to flooding in heavy rain when surface water run down from the motorway junction.

I also explained that following the petition about the dangerous roundabout collected in September 2008 and information collected in one of my news letters from residents responses, that I presented to full council in November 2008

The Survey conducted September 2008, Nia Griffith MP had helped door knock to collect info for this survey

Meetings with the local MP in Hendy

I explained that I had met the director Richard Workman and his senior officer for highways Alex Side, with Nia Griffith MP in Llanelli Town Hall in November and after the meeting there were some next steps agreed to investigate many of the issues

I also explained that a report was given to the Exec Board Member in January 2009 and that there were further steps that the Exec Board Member would meet the local member myself to discuss

Executive Board minutes of a meeting at County.

I explained this meeting had taken place two weeks ago in Hendy with Nia Griffith MP myself and the Exec Board Member and that we had discussed Bus Stops, the traffic volumes and speeds, the mini roundabout and the condition of the drains on Bryngwilli road and this was why they had seen lots of activities on the drainage system.