SRA Annual report 2021-22: Culvert inspections and remedial works in Internal Drainage Board (IDB) areas
Previously for the SRA, the Axe Brue and Parrett Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) inspected more than 700 of the most vulnerable and strategically important culverts in the Somerset Levels & Moors.
One problematic culvert was along the south side of Northwick Road near Mark, roughly 600 metres west of the junction with Baggs Lane. On the north side of this stretch of road are non- viewed rhynes (which do not get the same IDB maintenance as Viewed Rhynes). Water from these non-viewed rhynes was topping over Northwick Road into Northwick Rhyne, on the south side of the road, and the culvert was too small to cope with this.
In February 2022, for the SRA, the Axe Brue IDB replaced it, to improve the conveyance of water, reduce local flooding and lessen disruption to residents and road users.