THOSE working on a solution to tackle the floods that have blighted a Ledbury road say they are hopeful future washouts can be prevented. 

Dymock Road has been severely impacted by flooding and heavy rainfall in recent months. 

Shocking images from January, following Storm Henk, showed cars struggling to get through inches of flood water on Dymock Road. 

However, work to resolve the issue, and prevent future floods from impacting commuters in the future, are well under way. 

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Since early January, Herefordshire Council's vice chairperson Cllr Stef Simmonds has been pushing for funding to move forward with finding engineering solutions to help solve the flooding issue.

Drainage engineering works, the reinstatement of edging and road resurfacing works were completed in May. 

This involved digging out new drainage channels, the reinforcement of drain headwalls and clearance of railway sleepers that had been washed down the land drainage pipes into catch pits, which reduced flow capacity by 70 per cent.

Sections of drainage were also cleared out by local landowners on private land. 

While these works largely solved the issues, further heavy rainfall has resulted in more challenges springing up. 

More debris was brought down the channel from nearby woods, blocking the catch pit at the second site of the road. 

A scheme is being worked on to address this. 

Cllr Simmonds, who represents Ledbury South on Herefordshire Council, told the Reporter: "Following a lengthy period of surface water flooding on the Dymock Road extensive works were required both within the highways area and on private land to address culverts blocked by detritus, including a railway sleeper, and collapsed land drains, and to resurface the stretch of road. 

"There are still some remedial works required to prevent further detritus from blocking the culverts but I’m hopeful that regular maintenance will now be possible to prevent the situation from occurring again."

At the start of the year, Storm Henk closed several roads across Herefordshire, with many more, including Dymock Road, impacted by the flooding. 

The impact of the flooding, which took place between January 2 and January 12, led to Herefordshire Council offering financial support to help households, businesses and farmers recover.