Mossdale Meadows Flood Alleviation Work
The Town Council has been looking to undertake flood alleviation work to Mossdale Meadows due to issues in several areas with flooding.
Originally the Town Council was proposing to include all the following work:
- To remove existing vehicular culvert bridge over brook and to replace vehicular culvert bridge with single box culvert including raising the stone turning area by the bridge
- Undertake works to the brook banks
- Drainage work to the entrance of Mossdale Meadows car park to drain water from the car park into the brook as the car park entrance was prone to frequent flooding that was raised during the Walking & Cycling route construction
- Resurfacing of Mossdale Meadows car park with tarmac and repair of broken kerbstones and installing suitable fencing between car park kerb edge and brook
- Inclusion of drainage channels down the Lubbesthorpe bridle path adjacent to the pavilion building to alleviate flooding issues in the workshop
However, due to the costs received to undertake all this, the Town Council decided to reduce the scope of the work and undertake in order of urgent priority as follows:
| Vehicular Culvert Bridge | High Priority |
| Drainage repair work to car park entrance | High Priority |
| Work to brook bank | Medium Priority |
| Drainage work down Lubbesthorpe Bridle Path | Medium Priority |
| Tarmac and work to car park surface | Low Priority |
The two high priority works as shown in the table above have been approved by the Policy & Resources committee on 12th September, to be undertaken, subject to funding.