Witcham Parish Council recently contacted me and the county council over a blocked drain causing flooding of some of the graves at Witcham cemetery.

The county council’s highways maintenance team and their contractor Milestone met with their drainage specialists onsite on Friday 22 December. They were able to remove four tankers’ worth of water to alleviate the flooding and lower the water level in the ditch. They were also able to do some jetting but hit an obstruction in the pipework between the open ditch and another ditch at the end of a hedge line.

This information is now with the county council’s Flood Risk Management Team and investigations will continue in the new year. Thanks to all involved.