Flooding of Maidenbower/Furnace Green bridleway

Fix the flood issue

Pls get our children safely to the school. Thanks

The faster this is resolved, the better. It is a hassle for my sisters and many others to make it to school with these weather conditions.

This need to be sorted NOW. ...

The flooded tunnel is also causing traffic chaos in Maidenbower.

It's about time Network Rail sorted this out, it causes major problems with 100's of extra cars going into & out of Maidenbower. Totally unacceptable.

I have forwarded petition to Henry Smith, Crawley MP and to Crawley Happy Times. Hope it helps.

This tunnel need sorting out it has never been this bad since they haven't dome work to it. My 2 other children went tyere and could akways get to school this is beyond a joke now! !

The tunnel needs to be sort out , my daughter is getting to school late because she can't get through the tunnel because it's always flooded.

Really well written petition. Good luck with it.

#7: - stressedparent

That's great, I've done the same! more heads are definitely better than one. We need people like yourself  in the community - this is what it's about x

#10: -

Thanks. Have passed it on to Parentmail and MP, pray for effectiveness x

 

I have shared this on my fb! It is definitely worse than it was. We thought at the end of 2012 when they closed it for works that it was getting sorted then. It is now causing disruption to so many peoples lives, something needs to be done now!

Sort the flooding tunnel out!

I needs to be sorted the poor children walking to school wading through it all its not fair on them.

Network South-East, please show that you care about the safety and welfare of youngsters and residents; sort this out as a matter of urgency! Thank you.

I have to take my Daughter to Oriel High School and the traffic around Three Bridges his really bad and then I have to take my youngest Son and Daughter to St Margaret's School straight after and the kids are always late because the flood is that bad even for wellies. This has put a lot of people out esp the student because some parents are at work so the student have to walk all the way round. Kind regards Clare

oi u beter do sumin bout dis or i wil get mr dizzle on u

I had to take my shoes and socks off and wade through :(

My son is severely sight impaired and will be attending this school in the very near future..This will be the only route he could take so he can still have some independence in getting to school, if this flooding is going to be an on going problem then can you advise how he will get to school ?

Network Rail are looking at a permanent solution with the support of the County Council. While we have had exceptional and record rainfall over the last two months (over half the average annual total for Crawley), the frequency, severity, and the prolonged nature of the flooding is causing a real inconvenience to a large number of people.

There is a commitment to sort out this problem and I am working with the County County and Network Rail to get the permanent solution we need. While this petition will not speed up the work we need done, it is useful for Network Rail to see for themselves the number of people who are being adversely affected and the strength of feeling.

Thank you to Hiba for posting it. I will write to Network Rail and link back here so they can see it.

Duncan Crow.
County Councillor for Tilgate and Furnace Green.

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The flooding of the tunnel, is affecting my children's education as they are often late for school and have to walk from furnace green all the way round three bridges to get to maidenbower to school. There must be something that can be done to ensure that all the students from furnace green can attend oriel high school.

Write a comment...also,can a bus not be laid on for students on this side of the tunnel until the problem is resolved?