Walsall council are incompetent. It’s a well known feature in the Education department- they failed their Ofstead 2 years ago. But it now seems to be the case in the Transport department too. There is nothing anyone could have done about inadequate drainage in Shelfield, Walsall; it needs majour engineering work on the storm drains.
but…
The road was starting to flood yesterday at 17.00, then it continued to rain heavily for another 7 hours.
So why with the road flooded knee deep, did they leave the road open. Cars had flooded their engines in the lake that formed to add further to the blockage. There were no "Road Closed" signs, no diversions, traffic was just allowed to get on with it. Someone from the coucil will have travelled that way home yesterday, therefore seeing the flood- so the coucil DID know the road would be impassable. But they decided to leave it open!
Why?
Micycle 
They dug up a couple of feet deep of road in Walsall Walsall. Then relaid it. Wow. Oh, and they had to stop putting in the streetlights before because it was incompetantful and dangerous. Aaaand there is this pavement that keeps falling away but they don’t prevent it, just keep putting it back when it crumbles away… Don’t we just love our dear Walsall? :) But wow, knee deep?
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*raises eyebrow* This thing is pooey (Msn, not your blog…)
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