RESIDENTS in Chorley whose homes were flooded during a thunderstorm have been told work is being done to make sure it never happens again.

Chorley Council is close to completing a survey of sewers and highway drains which were unable to cope with flood water on August 1.

CCTV cameras have been used to carry out an investigation of the network and try to piece together just what went wrong.

Experts have agreed that such was the ferocity of the storm, it would have been virtually impossible too guarantee that any system could have coped with the floods that followed.

Chorley's technical committee chairman Coun Adrian Lowe said: "North West Water are responsible for the public sewer system and Lancashire County Council have responsibility for highways drainage.

"Chorley Council acts as a management contractor to North West Water and as agents for the county council.

"Our investigation so far has not been able to attribute blame but to try and ensure that residents will hopefully never have to endure this kind of thing again.

"To that end we are determined to carry out a detailed study. Once the findings of that are known then action can be taken.

"We will then be writing individually to each and every household that was affected to inform them of what we are recommending to North West Water and Lancashire County Council."

Anybody who needs further advice or has not yet reported their flood problems should telephone 01257 515262 for more information.

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