SRA Annual Report 2021-22: West Camel drainage improvements
A scheme to reduce flood risks for residents and road users in the Urgashay Road area of West Camel in South Somerset. Seven properties there were known to be affected by surface water flooding.
SRA-funded drainage improvements included:
- installing or replacing about 350m of highway drainage
- re-constructing five gullies
- building a new gully with a silt trap
- building a headwall fitted with a trash screen for connection into an existing ditch
- tidying up some small lengths of ditch
These works were designed and delivered for the SRA by Somerset County Council’s Highways Department in autumn 2021, with the Taunton gang from contractors Skanska (now Milestone).