atlas
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River Lugg, Herefordshire
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Mickeydredd
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Probably all the evidence he needs if taken to court!
River Lugg level at Butts Bridge - GOV.UK
Check the latest recorded river level and recent 5-day trend at Butts Bridge
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This is the nearest monitoring station downstream from there.
Upstream;
River Lugg level at Byton - GOV.UK
Check the latest recorded river level and recent 5-day trend at Byton
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Try to succeed
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So who knew there’s a farm wives group..:
On another note all is looking good!
On another note all is looking good!
Johnnyboxer
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It’s a private group though
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- North West
Is it like readers wives
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sounds like a supportive place 
TheTallGuy
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Just because the river is running well doesn't mean that he hasn't broken the law...
Exfarmer
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possibly , but if so the law needs amending. Hopefully if the ********** at the EA prosecute the courts will chuck it out. Oh to be on that jury
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- Lincolnshire
Judge could rule that the law is sh!t.
" The law is an Ass "
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Mickeydredd
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Perhaps not but if you compare that photograph with the previous one showing the resultant flooding then it would be a challenge to say he had done "wrong"
ollie989898
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The fact remains that the bloke only did a few hundred metres of work and it now won't be touched for years. You would think from the tone of the posts and media carp that he had single-handedly dredged the river and dumped the spoil at sea or something.
Exfarmer
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I am not sure if I posted here or elsewhere, but if you look at the aerial photos it is quite obvious that in a few years, the ribver would be cutting into the road below the bridge. As it is it must be cutting into the foundations with that bend there. The bridge when it was constructed possibly initially several hundred years ago, would never have been placed there, unless the river was actually several metres possibly 30-50 across from its present channel.
TheTallGuy
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I don't disagree that he's probably done a good job & it possibly was the right thing to do, but in law it will be argued that regardless of the result he should have applied for permission & undertaken various impact studies etc. All the EA need to do is prove that the work done required permission & that he did not have that permission in place, or other lawful authority to undertake the work - case closed. It will be argued that the improvement in flow will be at the expense of the environment in general & without the relevant studies having been done and approved by the EA, material harm has been done!
The EA will be very clever in their prosecution of the case as they do not want to risk losing the case as it will open the metaphorical flood gates for others to do as they like, which will lessen their power.
Tarw Coch
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Not only do I agree with this post but also the earlier posts stating the law is an ass.
ollie989898
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Can someone with knowledge of such things tell us what they reckon it would have cost the man to do, assuming he had to pay the labour and hire the machinery to do it? How many days would it have taken? Old-fashioned farmer job, not a full blown clipboard and lanyard project mind.
Timbo
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I'm putting the hymac and driver at £500 / day, the bulldozer at £300/day for 7 days at the most so £4500. Being generous.
What do others think?
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If the chap gets taken to court I would think the insurance companies would back him and pay any costs as he’s probably saved them a fortune locally,
then there’s the happy wildlife that aren’t flooded out.
win win I would think,
TheTallGuy
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Unfortunately I think that the insurance companies are too short sighted for that! Let's face it, the reason there's so many spurious motor insurance & personal injury claims is because they thought that paying off claims would be cheaper than discouraging them by fighting the cases!
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