“Its all very well saying that 'flood plains' should not be built on but the fact of the matter is that Britain is facing an unprecedented shortage of housing. Why not allocate a larger amount of the annual budget to keeping exsisting drainage and culverts clear? And lets not blow the situation up out of proportion. the flooding experienced in this area cannot in any measure be compared to the experiences of the residents of cumbria. Localised flooding caused by extraordinary rainfall is caused in almost every case by the inability of drains to carry the water away quickly enough, whether by design or by inadequate maintenance. Oh and I know of a row of houses that are not built on a flood plain and not causing any flooding to the surrounding area but have been shuttered up for ages. Have a drive up out of furnace towards five roads and see what I mean. Whilst people need housing builders will continue to build houses Supply and demand as it is and ever shall be despite the best efforts of our esteemed MP.”

“Lots of you will remember when the Trostre area was all mash land. now they have built on it where does the water go...? and there are other areas as well. low land area's in Town get flooded as well,”

“on the 9th of november last year my family along with the rest of the street experianced flooding it is no joke we we forced out of our home for several months and just before we moved in we experianced more flooding in the summer we were lucky the 2nd time it was kept in the garden some homes werent so lucky.
i feel the local council along with welsh water are at fault as i have clear photos of where the water came from and it was from a manhole in the local park ,along with this there are plans that are going ahead to build on green belt areas taking away natural soakaways also there are no regular maintinance to the drains you have to phone several times before action is taken sometimes too late as in last november as the water came in the front and rear of our house.
the geedy overpaid council bosses need to keep theire hands out of the public purse and stop awarding himself or herself what they feel fitting this is having a dramatic affect on local services ,what will it take before councils get their act together and stop thinking of money but peoples lives keep your greedy hands of the public purse and help people.
as tax payers we should stand and demand better services for our money as we are paying top dollar so provide a service fitting”

“Much of the floods in recent years have been caused by land drainage schemes carried out in the hills by forestree and farming interests, generous EU grants were available for much of this so called land "improvement".

These upland bogs used to absorb rain like a giant sponge and then release the water contained gradually into streams and rivers.
Now what happens is rainwater is encouraged to run off as it falls swelling rivers to bursting after periods of sustained heavy rain.
Building on flood plains is further exasperating the situation as this leads to additional drainage schemes and the extra water has to go somewhere and often ends up causing more severe flood further down the river's catchment.”

“the best time to sell land is when the tide is out !!”