COUNCIL STAFF BUSY WITH NEW YEAR FLOODING INCIDENTS

Council staff have been hard at work over the Christmas and New Year period with weather-related incidents.

Between Wednesday, December 30 and Monday, January 4 Street Scene crews received 165 call-outs for blocked gullies, flooding on the highway /properties and sandbag requests.

Extreme heavy rainfall combined with already saturated ground conditions and swollen rivers resulted in a number of flooding incidents on the highway and to some homes.

There were problems in Burry Port, Pontyates, Carway, Trimsaran, Kidwelly and the Llansteffan areas; with highways crews continuing to undertake clearance works today.

Property Services teams have also been kept busy over Christmas and the New Year with a total of 240 emergency weather-related incidents at council housing properties and a further 280 attended by partner contractors for heating/alarm/lift problems. They also dealt with a further 22 non-housing emergency incidents.

Executive Board Member for the Environment Cllr Hazel Evans said: “I would like to thank all the staff working over the holiday period in appalling weather conditions.

“We received a large number of calls, with staff going above and beyond the call of duty to try to keep disruption to a minimum and residents safe.

“Our staff do a fantastic job and really are a credit to the council.”

Deputy Leader Cllr Pam Palmer has also thanked the crews working over the weekend, following weather-related incidents in her own ward of Abergwili. She said that residents were very pleased and reassured by the response they received.