Council leader ‘glad’ he moved away from east London estate identified as major flood risk

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Dozens of homes in the east London borough are at risk of flooding, a new report has found

A council leader has told of his relief that he no longer resides on a council estate now deemed a major flood risk zone.

Barking and Dagenham Labour council leader Dominic Twomey has said he is “glad” he no longer lives on the Rylands Estate in Oval Road North, where he called home for “many years”.

He added he “would never have imagined” it would be part of an area at risk of flooding.

“Some of the areas here – middle of the borough – are not at risk from the rivers.

“But that flooding because of other drainage issues is quite a worrying development, particularly with the changing weather that’s now coming forward, you can see that flooding through drainage issues more and more and more.”

The estate is one of four areas in Barking and Dagenham borough facing a “significant” flood risk, according to a new council flood strategy.

The flooding risk at Rylands Estate comes from water diverted by flood defences at the River Beam and Wantz Stream, according to a new draft flood risk management strategy.

The strategy says that “properties at risk lie mainly on Ballards Close, Ballards Road and the eastern end of School Road” while “several further properties on Oval Road North” are also at risk.

It adds that 16 homes could be flooded in a one-in-30 year flooding event.

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