SRA Annual Report 2022-23: Enhanced maintenance of road drainage structures
Four programmes of enhanced maintenance were organised for the SRA by the Somerset County Council (SCC) Highways Department. They helped to keep roads open, make them safer, preserve access for communities, and safeguard properties from flooding.
Gully-emptying
In 844 places, SRA funding enabled SCC’s Highways Department to give a record 22,513 of the 23,218 highest-risk gullies countywide a second round of emptying, six months after their first council-funded clearout.
The full lists of places are too long to be published on this page. But for serious seekers after gully-emptying knowledge, full lists by district can be studied by using the links below. The links will take you to separate pages. Note that some places are shown as having been visited more than once. This can happen if, for example, on a first visit, access to gullies was blocked by vehicles parked on the road.
Mendip places which had SRA-funded gully-emptying in 2022-23
Sedgemoor places which had SRA-funded gully-emptying in 2022-23
Somerset West and Taunton places which had SRA-funded gully-emptying in 2022-23
South Somerset places which had SRA-funded gully-emptying in 2022-23
Silt trap emptying
In Mendip silt traps were emptied 13 times (four in Rodney Stoke), once in Sedgemoor, twice in Somerset West and Taunton (both in Kingston St Mary), 33 in South Somerset.
Trash screen clearing
Seventeen trash screens were cleared, two in Mendip, 15 in Somerset West and Taunton, most of these in Carhampton, Dunster, Minehead, Sampford Brett, Stogumber and Wootton Courtenay.
Drain jetting
132 drains were jetted for the SRA in 2022-23, by district as follows:
- 6 in Mendip
- 19 in Sedgemoor
- 33 in Somerset West and Taunton
- 74 in South Somerset
Under existing budgets, the Highways Department can only afford to jet drains when a bad blockage has occurred. SRA funding allows for earlier preventative maintenance at locations known to suffer problems with flooding.
Selections of drains for jetting are made using local knowledge and professional judgement.
Below is a full list of sites where drains were jetted for the SRA in 2022-23.
The list includes 22 jettings in Ilminster (eight in Herne Rise and four in Springfield), 17 in Winsham, and in Yeovil, six in Reckleford and one in Reckleford Triangle.
SRA-funded drain jetting sites 2022-23
Mendip
Old Frome Road to Underhill, Ashwick
Old Frome Road to Underhill, Ashwick
Bathway / High Street, Chewton Mendip
West Harptree Road, Priddy
Bristol Hill, St Cuthbert Out
Portway, Wells
Sedgemoor
Bath Road / Main Street, Ashcott
Bath Road, Bridgwater Town
Eastern Avenue, Bridgwater Town
Fore Street, Bridgwater Town
Bristol Road, Bridgwater Without
Burnham Road, Burnham-On-Sea & Highbridge
Burnham Road, Burnham-On-Sea & Highbridge
Broadmead Lane, Edington
Broadway, Edington
Dancing Hill, North Petherton
Petherton Road, North Petherton
Sloway Lane, Pawlett
Kent Lane, Shapwick
Merridge Hill, Spaxton
Peartwater Road, Spaxton
Peartwater Road, Spaxton
Turnpike Road, Weare
Sand Road, Wedmore
Cossington Lane, Woolavington
Somerset West and Taunton
Bessom Cross to Robbery Gate, Brompton Regis
Eastcott Lane, Brompton Regis
Renford Knap to Brompton Regis, Brompton Regis
Stathe Road, Burrowbridge
Waterrow Road, Chipstable
North End, Creech St Michael
Chibbet Post to Exford Via Court Farm, Exford
Coxlands Rock, Halse
Kingston Road, Kingston St Mary
Kingston Road, Kingston St Mary
Kingston Road, Kingston St Mary
Binfords Lane, Lydeard St Lawrence
Wiveliscombe Road, Milverton
Minehead Road, Minehead Without
Fair Cross to Sticklepath, Nettlecombe
Minehead Road, Norton Fitzwarren
Wiveliscombe Road, Oake
Roadwater to White Horse Pub, Old Cleeve
Blagdon Reservoir Road, Pitminster
Bovet Street, Wellington
Bulford, Wellington
High Street, Wellington
Pyles Thorne Road, Wellington
Blackdown Hill Road, Wellington Without
Ford Street, Wellington Without
Middle Green Road, Wellington Without
Monument Road, Wellington Without
Calways Lane, West Buckland
Stoford Lane, West Buckland
Wellington Road, West Buckland
West Buckland Road, West Buckland
Ford Road, Wiveliscombe
Hartswell, Wiveliscombe
Hartswell, Wiveliscombe
South Somerset
Ashill By-Pass, Ashill
Ashill By-Pass, Ashill
Ruskway Lane, Barrington
Shelway Lane, Barrington
Cattle Hill, Bratton Seymour
Cartgate Link Road, Brympton
Cartgate Link Road, Brympton
Withy Hays Road, Charlton Mackrell
Tintinhull Road, Chilthorne Domer
Aplins Close, Ilminster
The Crescent, Ilminster
Herne Rise, Ilminster
Herne Rise, Ilminster
Herne Rise, Ilminster
Herne Rise, Ilminster
Herne Rise, Ilminster
Herne Rise, Ilminster
Herne Rise, Ilminster
Herne Rise, Ilminster
The Incline, Ilminster
The Mead, Ilminster
Orchard Vale, Ilminster
Orchard Vale, Ilminster
Orchard Vale, Ilminster
Orchard Vale, Ilminster
Orchard Vale, Ilminster
Springfield, Ilminster
Springfield, Ilminster
Springfield, Ilminster
Springfield, Ilminster
West Crescent, Ilminster
Ilton Road, Isle Abbotts
High Street / Castle Street, Keinton Mandeville
Rocky Hill, Kingsdon
Bow Street / Cheapside, Langport
Merriott Road, Merriott
Silver Street, Muchelney
Parish Hill, North Cadbury
Langport Road, Somerton
West Street to Behind Berry, Somerton
Bakersfield, Winsham
Balsom Close, Winsham
Church Street / Hazelwood Hill, Winsham
Colham Lane, Winsham
Colham Lane, Winsham
Court Farm Close, Winsham
Court Street, Winsham
Davies Close, Winsham
Ebben Lane, Winsham
Fore Street, Winsham
Fore Street, Winsham
Hazelwood Hill, Winsham
Hazelwood Hill, Winsham
High Street, Winsham
Limekiln Lane, Winsham
Pooles Lane, Winsham
Western Way, Winsham
Reckleford, Yeovil
Reckleford, Yeovil
Reckleford, Yeovil
Reckleford, Yeovil
Reckleford, Yeovil
Reckleford, Yeovil
Reckleford Triangle, Yeovil
Sherborne Road, Yeovil
Wyndham Street, Yeovil
Bridgehampton Road, Yeovilton
Stockwitch Lane, Yeovilton
Cavalier Close, Yeovil Without
Layby off Ilchester Road South, Yeovil Without