Drainage responsibility
- Thread starter nelly55
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IDB, unless they have delegated it to EA, in which case, you are stuffed
No EA gave it to idb would put pic of one drain up but don’t know how ,not just our drains are blockedIDB, unless they have delegated it to EA, in which case, you are stuffed
Well a meeting with the Chairman and Secretary of the IDB is called for ASAP, surely. You pay rates...??
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Record it. Post it online.
Goodluck with that, payment of rates doesnt mean work will be carried out or some similar phrase is now put on the payment statement, along with failure to pay will result in court action. Work is pathetic at best if you can get any done
You are joking ,we have been chasing this problem for over 10 years and more,it has just taken 3 years and over to get someone’s backside to site.( farm liason officer)4 weeks to chase for outcome to be told we are talking about it but that’s all.I am not talking about a small drainage ditch this is a main river draining thousands of acres .Only thing left is farming* press as 3 drains blown in one field in the last few weeks simply because the water has no where to go.
What on earth is the IDB for then? Needs new members on the Board by the sounds of it...
DIY, or are we talking a big length?
IDB's are scared to death of the eco brigade and will do nothing unless they ok it, which they dont.
Big length not just us
I thought/assumed that Boards consisted largely of Farmers...
Sounds like that @nelly55 's Board needs a size 12 up their collective arse.
Need to see the Standing Orders and suss out the rules that the Board has to follow, especially in regard to election of new Members.
My local IDB uses Farmers own machinery to clean and maintain the watercourses. I have had issues with some of them excavating, as opposed to cutting weed growth, but we have come to a satisfactory compromise on my length
Farmers crack on and get the job done and bill the Board.