Over 1,000 acres appear to still be under water and a road closure in place almost six weeks after the Barlings Eau was breached.
The Barlings Eau, five miles east of Lincoln, flooded into land around Short Ferry after the bank collapsed on November 9.
Kurnia Aerial Photography filmed footage of the latest situation on Thursday, December 19, saying “Short Ferry Road is now becoming visible on the east side” and “pumps are now in place on the west side”.
According to roadworks.org the road will be closed until January 12, 2020, although emergency access will be maintained at all times.
Henry Ward owns a farm east of the city which, after five days of water flowing through a breach on the Barlings Eau, more closely resembled a lake. The Ward family, along with four other farmers, tends more than 1,500 acres of land which was flooded in up to six feet of water.
In another recent video from Kurnia Aerial Photography from December 16, it states that “preventative measures are also being carried out” and the “flood water is now higher than the level in the Barlings Eau”.
Over 5 weeks since the Barlings Eau breached and 1,000’s of areas are still under water & flood levels higher than the river level. Repairs completed but Short Ferry Road looks like it will be closed for some time yet and businesses are being sadly affected. We understand that pumps are due to arrive this week.
An Environment Agency spokesperson said: “We’ve completed repair work on the Barlings Eau, which involved using a floating pontoon and amphibious equipment to drive huge steel piles into the banks at the site of the breach and another weak spot further along.
“Our contractor has now removed their equipment and four large pumps have been delivered to the site. These pumps – which will be operating around the clock throughout the Christmas period – will be shifting 48 Olympic-sized swimming pools’ worth of water off the land every day.
The Environment Agency carried out repairs. Photo: Environment Agency
“Meanwhile we’re in contact with affected landowners almost daily and we will continue to work with them and partners like the IDBs to look at how flood risk can be sustainably managed in the future.”
The timescale for any further repairs will depend on the weather.
The Lincolnite also contacted Lincolnshire County Council for further information, but there was no reply by the time of publication.
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