Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 368

Flood Control: Hastings

Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 25 July 2024

Question

Helena Dollimore

Labour (Co-op)Hastings and Rye

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle the causes of repeated flooding of Hastings town centre by Southern Water.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The kind of surface water flooding that Hastings experienced in 2023 generally occurs after extreme rainfall when water cannot immediately drain away or soak into the ground. It can happen very quickly, be difficult to predict and can be exacerbated by im...

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