An interim report into flooding in Goole earlier this year will be put before East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Environment and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee, on Wednesday, 12 December, as part of the council’s ongoing investigation. On 5 and 6 July, Goole experienced flooding of highways and property at a number of locations within the town, and the council’s flood and coastal erosion risk management team started a formal investigation, using its powers under the Flood & Water Management Act 2010. Due to the complexity of the incident, the final investigation report will not be completed until summer 2013, but due to the scale of the incident, an interim report has been prepared for publication. The interim report is based on the information the council has collected so far, some of which is still subject to verification and testing, but current findings indicate that the inclement weather experienced was not an exceptional rainfall event and that a failure or fault occurred at Yorkshire Water’s Carr Lane Pumping Station leading to some flooding within the station itself. Carr Lane Pumping Station was ‘handed over’ to contractors at the time of the flooding and the exact circumstances leading to the flooding…
