A crisis meeting to find a solution to the flooding chaos in Perth over the past few years will be held in the city next week.
Residents, local politicians and council representatives will be among those to descend on the public summit led by Perth and North Perthshire MP Pete Wishart, who described the issue as “one of the biggest problems facing our city”.
The gathering will take place at Craigie Church Hall on Friday, October 28 after the Fair City was hammered by the latest mass deluge last month.Homes and businesses across Craigie and Cherrybank were plunged into chaos on September 8 after the region was battered with heavy downpours and floodwater, the second such event in the area in two years.The South Inch floodgates were closed by council workers the night before after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain.
Despite this gullies and drains were completely overrun in the area with Cherrybank Inn owner Scott Findlay saying some areas were “flowing like a river”.
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