Residents may be aware of the ongoing roadside water leak at the north end of the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The leak has been reported to Southern Water on a number of occasions. Despite the water continuing to flow, previous reports have subsequently been shown as repaired or closed, which has understandably caused some confusion and concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
West Sussex Highways has also been contacted and has advised that it believes the water is originating from a Southern Water asset on the footpath. Their expectation is that the water further down the hill should stop once the source of the leak has been properly repaired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the issue remains unresolved, I have now raised a formal complaint with Southern Water<\/strong>. I have asked them to review the history of the previous reports, confirm the current outstanding reference and provide a clear update on when a permanent repair will be carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There has been some conflicting information received regarding the status of the repair, so I will continue to follow this up until we have confirmation that the work has been completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the repair has taken place, I will also keep an eye on the lower drain to make sure the water there resolves as expected and that there isn’t a separate drainage issue requiring attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further updates will be provided as soon as we receive a response from Southern Water.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Residents may be aware of the ongoing roadside water leak at the north end of the village. The leak has been reported to Southern Water on a number of occasions. Despite the water continuing to flow, previous reports have subsequently been shown as repaired or closed, which has understandably caused some confusion and concern. West Sussex Highways has also been contacted and has advised that it believes the water is originating from a Southern Water asset on the footpath. Their expectation is that the water further down the hill should stop once the source of the leak has been properly repaired. As the issue remains unresolved, I have now raised a formal complaint with Southern Water. I have asked them to review the history of the previous reports, confirm the current outstanding reference and provide a clear update on when a permanent repair will be carried out. There has been some conflicting information received regarding the status of the repair, so I will continue to follow this up until we have confirmation that the work has been completed. Once the repair has taken place, I will also keep an eye on the lower drain to make sure the water there resolves as expected and that there isn’t a separate drainage issue requiring attention. Further updates will be provided as soon as we receive a response from Southern Water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highways-maintenance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/duncton.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/duncton.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/duncton.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duncton.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duncton.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1600"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/duncton.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1610,"href":"https:\/\/duncton.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600\/revisions\/1610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/duncton.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duncton.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duncton.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}