At tonight's Tenbury Town Council Meeting, Mayor Bob Martin confirmed that they were still awaiting details from Worcester County Council regarding the replacement wall in Market Street.
Although the work was due to start this month, it appears that there is still no final design and a contractor is yet to be appointed.
Concerns were also raised about the narrow scope of the project, which could lead to water flow being diverted in such a way to undermine the foundations of adjacent buildings or eroding the opposite bank leading to collapse and possible total blockage of the brook.
Again due to the lack of joined up thinking, the proposed wall which appears to be 5ft high, is higher than, and does not join up to the next section of the wall on private ground.
The Town Council's proposed solution is to culvert the brook along this section, creating a market square and access to a small park on the opposite bank of the brook. This suggestion has met with fierce opposition from the residents whose properties would adjoin the park, and from the Environment Agency who have a policy of objecting to culverts.
A meeting is to be held later this week to begin the process of planning the replacement toilets, but it seems that due to what appears to be an incredible lack of momentum by Worcestershire County Council, the fundamental questions about the flood defences have yet to be met.
Concerns were also raised about the narrow scope of the project, which could lead to water flow being diverted in such a way to undermine the foundations of adjacent buildings or eroding the opposite bank leading to collapse and possible total blockage of the brook.
Again due to the lack of joined up thinking, the proposed wall which appears to be 5ft high, is higher than, and does not join up to the next section of the wall on private ground.
The Town Council's proposed solution is to culvert the brook along this section, creating a market square and access to a small park on the opposite bank of the brook. This suggestion has met with fierce opposition from the residents whose properties would adjoin the park, and from the Environment Agency who have a policy of objecting to culverts.
A meeting is to be held later this week to begin the process of planning the replacement toilets, but it seems that due to what appears to be an incredible lack of momentum by Worcestershire County Council, the fundamental questions about the flood defences have yet to be met.
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