Heavy Rain and Flooding in Maida Vale

A number of residents have been in touch over the last few weeks about problems they have experienced with flooding in Maida Vale, as a result of the heavy rains of the last few weeks.

There appears to be a problem, particularly on Shirland Road and Kilburn Park Road, of the drainage systems not being able to cope with the large amount of water in our area at short notice. Consequently, there was a number of basement flats on these two roads which were affected by flooding. This doesn't seem to have been as a much of a problem in other roads - although please let us know if you live on one of those roads and did experience difficulties.

The Council has raised this issue with Thames Water to see if there is any problems with drainage and will continue to do so. We understand that a resident's group is also being formed to campaign on this issue - further details shortly.

Do get in touch if you experienced flooding - the more people that tell us about it, the more we can emphasise the severity of the problem to Thames.

Jan