Council tries a new approach to tackling ongoing flooding problems in a Harborough street

New moves are to be made in an attempt to stamp out serial flooding hitting a busy built-up street in Market Harborough.

Specialist teams are to be sent in by Leicestershire County Council to clean out blocked drains on Scotland Road in Little Bowden.

The council is acting after angry, frustrated residents have repeatedly called for action to stop their homes and gardens being overwhelmed by floodwater – especially in the winter.

The swollen River Jordan, which runs close by the road, has burst its banks during torrential rainstorms twice in the last two months alone.

Scotland Road will be closed between Braybrooke Road and Rectory Lane between 9am and 3pm next Tuesday and Wednesday (February 16 and 17) as council workers clean out the drains.

Last month distressed pensioner Christina Daniels, who lives on Scotland Road, told the Harborough Mail: “I’ve lived here 18 years and I’m sick of repeated flooding – along with all my neighbours.

“We have had an ongoing problem with flooding in Scotland Road that never seems to be addressed.

“We are all obviously going to have a lot more rain before this winter’s out,” said Christina, a mother-of-two and grandma-of-two.

“So rather than being forced to pile up sandbags at our front and back doors and hope against hope the various agencies and authorities should now unite to make sure we can live safely and peacefully.”