Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:46 am Post subject: Flooding in Jaywick, well no, Holland on sea perhaps
From todays news, a story no one wants to know,
its not Jaywick you see,
you know, Jaywick, that place that - um - er - "floods" well, sometines so were told...
Environment Agency spokesman Peter Rickett said they were investigating what happened, but claimed officers had found less than 100 dead fish in Kirby Brook and just one in Holland Brook.
"There was a tide flap that needed replacing urgently," he said.
The sluice gates protect 300 properties from flooding and to access the
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tidal flap the water had to be reduced slightly.
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"We are investigating why the drop in water was more than anticipated,” he said.
"We took action immediately and increased the flow and installed temporary barriers to-
**************** "keep the water back." *******************
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