Flood-prone Waterlooville field set to undergo £100,000 drainage project

By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Oct 2018, 15:22 BST
Updated 22nd Oct 2018, 16:30 BST
The open space off Hobby Close, Waterlooville. Picture; Google Street ViewThe open space off Hobby Close, Waterlooville. Picture; Google Street View
The open space off Hobby Close, Waterlooville. Picture; Google Street View
WORK is underway to bring an end to drainage problems which have long blighted a Waterlooville field.

A one-metre deep drainage ditch is being dug at the green space off Hobby Close, Wecock, in a project expected to cost close to £100,000. 

The funds have been secured by Havant Borough Council (HBC) and Wecock Farm Big Local and have thrust the long-awaited project into its first phase.

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Parts of the field and its play area, which also faces Chaffinch Green, have previously been unusable because of flooding. 

But it is hoped the newly-formed ditch and a shallow pond will begin to remedy the problem, before a full land drainage system is built early next year.

Robert Barker, chairman of Wecock Farm Big Local, said: '˜Following recent consultation work, we are really pleased to announce the first phase of our planned improvements to the field at the top of Hobby Close.

'˜These improvements will enable usage for a greater period of time each year.'

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