Comments on: Leeman Road defences

By: Lisa @YorkStories

Lisa @YorkStories — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 09:58:46 +0000

Thanks Clive. I remember hearing about problems with the drains, hope that’s been sorted out too?

I remember 2000, we were over the other side of the river, standing on the floodbank in the dark, could see the lights across the river from the Leeman Road side as the sandbags were being piled on to the defences.

By: Clive

Clive — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 09:23:01 +0000

In the 2000 floods the area did flood but from drains rather than the river. Also in 2000 the tops of the flood defences had to be re-enforced with sandbags but the work that has been done since means that this wasn’t needed late last year.

However on the 27 Dec you could hear pumps working in the area but I didn’t get close enough to see.

Great blog.