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Published Date: 12 November 2008
9.10am: A STRETCH of North Bank Road in Peterborough has been closed because of the risk of flooding.
Environment Agency officers have advised Peterborough City Council to close the road, which runs alongside the River Nene, from its junction with Fengate, Peterborough, and the Dog in a Doublet pub, north of Whittlesey.

The decision has been prompted by the recent heavy rainfall which has left water levels in the river particularly high.

The closures will be in effect during tide lock periods from 6pm and 9pm today, and from 6am until 9am tomorrow if the Environment Agency decide the flooding risk remains.

A council spokeswoman said: "A Flood Warning is in force for the North Bank Road alongside the River Nene to the east of Peterborough and the west of the Dog-in-a-Doublet sluice.

"The Enviroment Agency is continually monitoring the situation but the road will be closed to traffic during tide lock periods until further notice."

For up-to-date flood information call the Environment Agency Floodline on 0845 988 1188.

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  • Last Updated: 12 November 2008 9:10 AM
  • Source: Peterborough ET
  • Location: Peterborough
 
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Dan,

Peterborough 12/11/2008 09:25:35
meh, I've seen it worse...
I've been down there on nights when the road's not been closed with the water lapping at the road.

Best time to head down there, (as the view can be remarkably good), is normally late January, or just as the snow, (if we get any), melts.
Because the whole area is a flood plain you get the view of a large lake or inland sea.
With the winter sun the view can be spectacular.
It's made even better when no one's house gets flooded either.
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the cyd that hisses,

Peterborough 12/11/2008 09:33:15
I bet some one will try to drive through.
A few years a go the trees where under water and some idiot in a four wheel drive decided to drive through he was found soaked to the skin and almost hypothermic sitting on the bonnet when the fire brigade arrived to save him.
Once upon a time the flood plane was the largest natural lake in Europe until it was drained for agriculter Whittlesly was a port.
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Joff,

Peterborough 12/11/2008 10:40:56
I remember back in '96 or '97 when all that area had flooded. I wonder how all this rainfall affects developments like Hampton?
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Dan,

Peterborough 12/11/2008 11:37:25
Cyd,
If the 4WD had been properly prepared and the driver had checked the depth before wading, (you know, doing the sensible things a competant off roader would have done), he would have been fine.
As an off roader myself, I have no sympathy for the bloke as it's stupid things like this that give the rest of us a bad name.

I wasn't aware of whittlesey being a port though - you learn something new everyday.
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the cyd that hisses,

Peterborough 12/11/2008 11:46:23
I have a private bet that the Hamptons will be under water very soon.
When it used to flood you could sail the Queen Mary on it. I do not think any locals are mad enough to live there it seems to me they are all Londeners or Northeners living there.
I wonder if they where told that the area was once the biggest flood risk around I doubt it.
I once saved some one a lot of money when I informed them, that the pretty lake was a way to keep the houses from flooding. She made inquiry's and refused to by the house when she was told how the area used to flood.
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the cyd that hisses,

Peterborough 12/11/2008 11:53:35
Dan,
The time I was refering to was when it flooded so bad that Ivans fisherey dissapeared under water.
I remember the trees at the side of the road had around two feet of branches standing out from the flood.
Aparantly the bloke from London just stuck his foot down and hoped for the best. I do not think that even if he had put a blanket over the front to minimise the wash he would have never had got through.
I remember only the bonnet and top was standing above water. On top of that he was disabled as well.
I myself have taken Land Rovers through floods almost to bonnet level.
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GJH,

12/11/2008 12:17:45
In some ways its a shame we don't have any really colds winters any more. I had some great ice-skating on there in the '80s when it froze over.
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