Flooding of lane between Venton and Sparkwell, Plymouth

“With regard to the lane between Venton, Plymouth, PL7 5DS and Sparkwell, Plymouth, in particular by the railway bridge, please provide a list of all the occasions the road has flooded since 2009 and been reported to the Highways Agency.”

We have interpreted ‘Highways Agency’ to mean Devon County Council as the responsible Highways Authority. Below is a list of the dates Devon County Council hold in relation to the lane at the railway bridge having been flooded and reported to us in the past decade:-

5 June 2013

27 January 2014

3 March 2014

30 December 2015

26 December 2017

2 January 2018

4 January 2018

8 February 2018

14 February 2018

7 December 2018

10 December 2018

28 January 2019

6 March 2019