There is more to this than meets the eye. While it was very wet in January, it has been a lot drier recently and floodwaters should be receeding, not getting worse.
This is worse than any flooding since the line re-opened for passenger services. The problem was well-known, even back to the early 60s when they used steam locos to get trains through floods. In that case why was the line not raised a foot when the relay was done a few years ago?
Is there a problem because of negligence in mainitaining the drainage? By the Co Council, by a local landowner, or by IE itself?
Has some injudicious planning decision by the Council lead to development which has messed up the drainage or increased the runoff and put existing drainage under extra pressure?
Quetions, questions: will we get any answers?
|