Flooding update

The river at Ouse Bridge has fallen to 4 metres above normal levels from its Sunday peak of 5.2m.

Ouse Bridge Viking gauge 0800 30th Dec 2015

Most bus services are now operating their normal routes

Bus Services 30th Dec 2015

The Council is providing “clean up” skips in streets affected by flooding

Temporary skips for flood damaged items

You can find skips for flood damaged items in the following locations:

Tower St (x2) – inside lane opposite the tower
Museum gardens entrance – Museum St
Kings Staith
Piccadilly (x2) – Pay and Display Bays
Merchantgate (x2) – outside Red Lion
Fossgate at Bridge (x2)
Navigation Road (x4) – in resident parking bays
Skeldergate – near cock and bottle
Rosemary court (x5) – area in resident parking bays
Lower Friargate – in parking bays
Peckitt Street (x2) – in parking bays
Walmgate (x3) – in Pay and Display bays
Huntington Road (x3) – in resident parking bays near roundabout
Huntington Road – near bridge
Dennison St (x2) – in parking bays
Gladstone St (x2) – in parking bays
Yearsley Crescent
Haley’s Terrace York – in parking bays
Somerset Road – on verge
River Street
Colenso St – in parking bays
Lower Darnborough Street – in parking bays
Main Street, Acaster Malbis
Marlborough Grove
Elvington Main Street

More at https://www.york.gov.uk/flood

All major roads have, or are in the process of, re-opening

York Floods: River levels now falling

The river level gauges are beginning to come back on line.

They confirm that river levels in the City are now falling

Flooding update – water levels stable, some roads reopen

The River Ouse has stabilised at 5.2m although there is potential for a rise in river levels towards the end of the week. The river gauges on the Ouse are still not reporting although those on Blue Beck and Tang Hall Beck show water levels falling.

BT are hoping to bring power back to York telephone exchange during the morning
Rescue workers take a break at the Foxwood Community Centre
The Army flying in kit with helicopter to help get Foss Barrier working again this week
There have been over 80 people who have had electricity cut off
115 people used the rest centre at Archbishop Holgate School. Volunteers opened the Foxwood Community Centre yesterday evening to feed incoming rescue workers.
The rescue operation knocked on doors of over 600 properties
The Council is looking to get another 10,000 more sandbags.
Some roads have reopened
Bus services

These are the current services

Flood relief – no more donations today please

The Foxwood Community Centre is thanking everyone for their support on flood victim relief today.

However they have as many donations and volunteer helper as they can manage today so they are requesting that no more offers are made.

They will update their web site tomorrow.

https://www.facebook.com/foxwood.residentsassociation

Floods update: Great response to appeal for clothes, towels, bedding etc

Thanks to those who generously responded to the appeal for clothes, bedding etc by the Foxwood Residents Association.

Flood aid being collected at Foxwood Community Centre

7 car loads now on their way to the coordinating centre at Archbishop Holgates school (which is open to receive those evacuated from their homes).

Next up for Foxwood/Woodthorpe may be a challenge to feed 52 flood workers arriving from the south at 9:00pm.

More as it become clear at https://www.facebook.com/foxwood.residentsassociation.14

Flooded York. Levels now officially higher than 2012

Flooding: Appeal for coats, towels, bedding and cleaning materials

The Foxwood Community Centre on Bellhouse Way (Cranfield Place junction) is opening between 12:00 noon and 2:00pm today (Sunday) to receive gifts of:

Clean bedding
Foxwood Community Centre
Warm clothing particularly coats
Cleaning materials
Clean towels

which will be offered to the victims of flooding here in York.

https://www.facebook.com/FoxwoodResidentsAssociation/

http://foxwoodcommunitycentre.org.uk/

Generally the floods have had less impact on west York than on roads nearer the Foss and the Ouse.

Windsor House older peoples home suffered basement flooding yesterday and the was a re-occurrence of “backing up” problems in the sewers in Foxwood Lane south.

In the Woodthorpe area sandbags had to be deployed in the Coeside/Nevis way area.

The Community is therefore being asked to help wherever possible those who have been evacuated from their homes in central and east York

Flooding hits Woodthorpe

An overflowing ditch caused flooding in Woodthorpe on Boxing Day, affecting properties on Coeside and Nevis Way.

Water from the ditch flowed through gardens and garages onto the street. Council staff have delivered sandbags to the properties affected, which can be deployed should the ditch overflow again. A request has also been logged for debris to be removed from the grate in the ditch where is passes under Moor Lane.

Flooding in York – latest from the Environment Agency

Flood Warnings have been issued for the River Ouse at York for Skeldergate and Peckitt Street, St Georges Field, and Riverside Properties.

The current river level at the York Viking Recorder is 4.26m or 13 feet 12 inches and slowly rising. Levels are expected to peak between 4.3m or 14 feet and 1 inch, and 4.4m or 14 feet 5 inches during Monday.

We will see showery rain on Monday and we are expecting further rain overnight into Tuesday.

Our Incident Response teams are on 24 hour duty.

We will continue to monitor the situation and update this forecast as new information becomes available.

Situation last changed 7:45am Monday 07 December 2015

Flooding in York – bus diversions 3. 4 and 59

Location:	Skeldergate/Clifford Street and Nether Poppleton
Cause:	Flooding
Responsibility:	–
Dates:	7 Dec 2015

Skeldergate Flooding

From Blossom Street buses will divert via Nunnery Lane, Prices Lane, Bishopgate Street, Tower Street then as normal route.

Skeldergate and Clifford Street Flooding

Buses will follow normal route to Railway Station, where they will terminate, returning by turning at Station Road.

Nether Poppleton Flooding

Buses will divert in Poppleton as follows;

From Millfield Lane left on to Ebor Way, right onto Alllerton Drive, Riversvale Drive, left on to Main Street, then as normal route. Wait time at Upper Poppleton Green.

Clifton Green/Leeman Road Flooding

From Poppleton, buses will divert from Boroughbridge Road via Poppleton Road, Holgate Road, Blossom Street, Queen Street, Station Road, then as normal route.

To Poppleton, buses will divert from Rougier Street via Station Road, Railway Station, Queen Street, Blossom Street, Holgate Road, Poppleton Road, then as normal route.

Stamford Bridge Flooding

Buses will divert from Dunnington as follows; From Greyhound crossroads, left on to Common Road, left on to A1079, leftonto Long Lane, bear right Lofthouse Lane, follow road round, High Catton Road, to Stamford Bridge Terminus.

Returning; via Roman Avenue loop, left High Catton Road, Lofthouse Lane, Long Lane, right on to A1079, right on to Common Road, left at Greyhound crossroads, then as normal route.

More at http://manage.firstgroup.com/york/news-and-service-updates/current-issues/buses-3-4-and-59

Latest York flooding warning from the Environment Agency

The Environment Agency has issued an update saying that flood levels could reach 4.5 metres by Monday afternoon.

They are not expected to reach 2012 levels.

The flood warnings for the River Ouse at York riverside properties and St George’s Field remain in force due to rising levels on the Ouse in response to rain in the upper catchments. The current river level at the York Viking Recorder is 3.62m or 11 feet 11 inches. We are expecting the River Ouse to rise during Sunday. Currently we expect the peak to be during Monday afternoon and evening at around 4.2m to 4.5m or 13 feet 9 inches to 14 feet 9 inches. Our Incident Response teams are on 24 hour duty. We will continue to monitor the situation and update this forecast as new information becomes available.

Situation last changed 10:03am Sunday 06 December 2015

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Live York river level gauge here https://twitter.com/riverlevel_1900

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Cllr Stephen Fenton, Cllr Ashley Mason & Cllr Paula Widdowson

Dringhouses and Woodthorpe Liberal Democrats