A RESIDENT who lives in a flood-affected part of Hereford says that developers will have to ensure they have everything in place if they want to build 540 new homes.
Alex Finley's flat is in Lower Bullingham Lane, which has again been flooded today (December 28) as Storm Gerrit hit the county.
Thankfully, river levels were nowhere near the record set in February 2020 when water entered many properties in the city.
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"My Z4 [car] was written off," said Mr Finley.
"It came up to the window sills."
Following those floods, protectors were put in place by affected properties' front doors to help prevent similar incidents from happening.
However, residents are always put on guard whenever bad weather hits, and with plans to build more houses in the area, they hope other people won't get hit.
"If they're going to be low-cost housing, most of the time people won't be capable of doing a lot of the work that needs doing to protect their homes," said Mr Finley.
"As well as putting the right stuff in place, they also have to think of how it is going to affect the people around them."
Earlier this month, the other end of Lower Bullingham Lane was flooded, resulting in a woman having to escape her stranded car.
However, today, water only hit the lower end of the lane towards Rotherwas.
"A couple of years ago, it was always the bottom end that would flood first, then the top end," said Mr Finley.
"But since they've done a lot of work and dredging this end, it's the top end and it's flown down this way.
"At the same time, once it gets so high, there is literally nothing anyone can do."
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