Lincolnshire County Council vows to improve approach to flooding after Christmas chaos in Bourne and Spalding
Published: 06:00, 07 March 2021
Lincolnshire County Council has vowed to improve its approach to flooding as a result of the issues at Christmas.
A meeting of the council's flood and water management scrutiny committee heard criticism of the council's response to flooding on December 23 and 24, in particular in Bourne and Spalding.
The council's head of environment David Hickman said "lessons had been learned" but that the council was caught off-guard because more rain fell than had been forecast.
Flooding in Bourne. Photo: Jason Richardson (43710946)
"In the immediate run up to Christmas we suffered some localised high impact flooding particularly in South Kesteven and South Holland.