Sweetman Street drainage problems to be solved

6.12.00am UTC (GMT +0000) Tue 1st Jan 2008

A Sweetman Place resident shows Claire Darke and Cllr Robin Lawrence a letter she received 20 years ago promising that something would be done. It wasn’t!

A resident contacted Councillor Robin Lawrence to complain about flooding problems and he demanded an investigation from the City Council's Highways Division so as to put an end to the flooding nuisance. Thanks to these actions by Councillor Lawrence the Council has promised to repair the problem leaving the residents flood free.Claire Darke said "You can rely on Park Ward Liberal Democrats to take residents' concerns seriously and deal with problems swiftly. A resident of Sweetman Place had been promised action by the Tories twenty years ago but nothing happened.

Residents of Sweetman Street, Newbridge Street and St Judes Road have all become tired of getting wet feet while having to negotiate puddles at the busy junction near the The Newhampton Inn. Knowing that Park Ward Liberal Democrats are the only Party to contact when action is urgently needed residents were very pleased to learn that Claire Darke and Councillor Robin Lawrence have managed to persuade Wolverhampton Council to install better drainage at the junction to bring an end to the problem. Councillor Robin Lawrence told Focus "Regrettably the repairs will not be immediate but I will be pressing the Council to ensure that they are done in the next financial year as a matter of urgency."