This event is for residents who were affected by the flooding in Acton Bridge, Weaverham, Little Leigh & Crowton.   

It’s a drop in session over 3 hours at the Riverside Pub in Acton Bridge.  Highways and Locality officers will be attending for a drop in session to talk to any residents who would like an update.

When it is happening

Date & Time	Venue
Thursday 2 December 2021 15.00-18.00pm	The Riverside, Acton Bridge, CW8 3QD

Title:  Flooding Engagement Events – Winter 2021- 2022                      

Summary:     To inform Members the Council will be holding several Flood Engagement Sessions locally in some of the worst flood affected areas of the Borough.

Background

Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Cabinet will view proposals detailing the Council’s plans to help reduce the impact caused by flooding on residents, businesses and communities in the borough this week.  Over the coming weeks officers have also arranged a number of hyper local engagement sessions in some of the worst affected boroughs to talk to residents about what work the Council has been doing since Storm Christoph.  Separate discussions will be held in Northwich.

What is happening

The purpose of these events is to listen to and understand resident and business concerns

To let residents know what the Council has done and will be doing on their behalf

Promote proactive activity from residents and businesses

• Stage 1 Information – Preparation or self-help.
• Officers will offer basic advice and guidance about what residents can do to help themselves e.g. how can I access sandbags and use them effectively
• They will sign post to existing sources and information and assets e.g. link to .gov website advice, Floodhub etc. https://thefloodhub.co.uk/
• Confirm what has been happening in the local area (by the Council)
• Promote Community Resilience Plans (noting they are not flood plans)
• Gain local intelligence
• Stage 2 information – what can I do to protect myself if there is still a problem?
• Stage 3 information – who to contact in the Council or partners if there is still a problem

The Parish Council are pleased to report that a new foot bridge has been installed on footpath Acton Bridge FP19, which runs from the River Weaver at Acton Swing Bridge up to Cliff Road, at the point where it crosses with FP20, which runs from the bottom of Acton Lane. The foot bridge is located just off Warrington Road by Acton Swing Bridge; the previous bridge was destroyed in the devastating floods of January 2021. With grateful thanks to Borough Councillor Paul Williams for his invaluable support in helping the Parish Council get it replaced by CWAC, we are glad perseverance has paid off and this popular footpath is now fully passable once again.

On Wednesday 10th November an information evening was held in the Parish Rooms about a plan that could give Acton Bridge ultra-fast, 500Mbps broadband. You can find more information on this here.

Please find attached a temporary road closure notice for Acton Lane, Acton Bridge which commences on 8^th November 2021. This is necessary for safety reasons to enable drainage survey and will be carried out by Cheshire West & Chester Council. The works are expected to last for 2 days.