Tuesday, 8 February 2011

More homes at risk of flooding (From Oxford Mail)

More homes at risk of flooding (From Oxford Mail)

HUNDREDS of Oxfordshire residents face higher insurance bills after their homes were included on official flood maps.

Updated maps published by the Environment Agency yesterday put an extra 360 Witney properties at risk of flooding for the first time.

Standlake, Northmoor, Crawley and Swinford are also affected. Oxford will be re-examined in future map revisions.

Witney’s Moorland Road – including Marriotts Walk shopping centre, Witney Community Hospital and Witney Police Station – is at risk for the first time.

Welch Way is also included while Bridge Street and Witney Meadows, which were in previous maps, are now classed as at greater risk.

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