Years of Leeds Council roadworks have flooded my garden, claims Scholes man

Keith Dodgdon, of Main Street, Scholes, believes the camber of the road is now higher than parts of the pavement, and that this leads to rainwater to drain down his drive and into his garden.

Leeds City Council has responded to the claim by stating they plan to meet with Mr Dodgson to discuss his concerns.

“It is where the pavement drops down for the driveways,” said Mr Dodgson. “It’s getting worse. The water goes straight in and runs down and into the garden,

“It is now coming close to getting into the house.”

After moving into the property back in September 2019, a particularly bad rainfall in February led to his garden and driveway being flooded. This happened again in May.

He claims this is because years of road-resurfacing have left the camber of the road higher than the level of the pavement where it drops in front his drive.

“Heavy rain misses the gully grates,” he added. “So it drains into my driveway. The road level has been raised up. The road is higher than where we are.

“We have had four or five inches of standing water in the garden.”

He said he had spoken to Leeds City Council before, but nothing had been resolved.

“I want them to raise the curbs up,” he said. “The water would then not run into the garden.

“The council is spending £35m on the Regent Street flyover, so can’t they find a few quid for this?”

A Leeds City Council spokeswoman said: “We will be getting in touch with Mr Dodgson to arrange to meet him and discuss his concerns and from there we can identify what the most appropriate action might be.”