A PLEA for action has been made by a fed-up householder to prevent flooding in Thornbury.
A section of Kington Lane regularly floods, which resident Steve Freke has described as an ongoing 'inconvenience'.
It comes after South Gloucestershire Council carried out drainage work on the route last year as part of a £3.7 million climate resilience project.
But despite the work, heavy rainfall last Saturday, April 1 once again left the stretch underwater for several days.
Elsewhere, there was flooding in Perrinpit Road, Frampton Cotterell also despite council works which were completed last year.
An SGC spokesperson told the Gazette that despite the drainage work, it cannot 'guarantee that flooding will not occur'.
Mr Freke, who lives in Kington Lane, says more work is needed.
"There has always been a problem with flooding particularly along Kington Lane," he said.
"There are several factors which have contributed to the road flooding but the situation has definitely got worse over the last five years.
"The main factor is the lack of maintenance of the existing drainage infrastructure.
"The current farming practice of flail cutting hedges twice a year results in debris being left in the road which then washes into the drains and is often the cause of the blockages here.
"To really fix the problem existing drainage pipework and road drains need to be replaced with larger capacity pipework and different drain gratings that do not block and which allow the free flow of water."
An SGC spokesperson said further work will take place in the lane when 'funds are available'.
They said: "We carried out investigation work at Kington Lane, Thornbury in October 2022 after it was identified as one of South Gloucestershire's roads prone to flooding.
"As a result of the investigations, we are aware more work needs to be carried out to improve the flood resilience of the route.
"We will carry out further works to future-proof the area when funds are available.
"However, the flooding that occurs is largely due to the run-off water, as well as silt and soil, from surrounding privately-owned farmland overwhelming the drainage system.
"The highway drainage system itself is in good condition.
"The initial works at Kington Lane were part of the larger climate resilience programme to improve the flood resilience of key roads across South Gloucestershire.
"When drainage work is carried out at any site, we cannot guarantee that flooding will not take place, the objective is to reduce the impact of flooding by ensuring that water drains away more quickly than before."
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here