Campbell Road in Cowley was submerged by torrential flooding on Friday (October 13) with a county councillor who was present estimating at least 30 houses were affected.
Many of the homes belong to pensioners and families with young children, several of whom told Charlie Hicks, county councillor for Cowley, that the area has been prone to floods for at least 20 years.
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“Residents have told me the flooding in the area has become more frequent and more severe,” said Mr Hicks.
Householder Sonu Kaur told the Oxford Mail this is the sixth flood that’s occurred in the road since she and her family moved there in 2021, and the third to happen since June this year.
Mrs Kaur, who’s lived in Oxford for 15 years, said: “This is the worst flood we’ve had here. Worst of all we had loads of sewage come up through the drain in our back garden. This has happened in previous floods too.
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