<p>I spent the morning there and talking to workers from the Council and Environment Agency who were there round the clock in 12 hour shifts, monitoring the situation 24 hours a day. </p> <p>Steel flood barriers were doing their job, heavy weight water pumps were running at full strength pumping the water out of the thankfully few properties affected by flooding, with most of The Wharfage closed to traffic by high steel fences. </p> <p>As we walked from the Coalbrookdale side towards the Bridge I stopped here and there and chatted to shop keepers and residents. </p> <p>They all said the same thing—without the flood barriers, things would have been much worse - and that the response from the EA and Council had been magnificent and that little more could have been done to prevent flooding. </p> <p>There was an echo of the resolute Dunkirk spirit there - things are bad but we will pull through. </p> <p>I want to thank everyone –the EA, the police, Council teams, residents and local business people - for their determination to keep the water away from as many homes and businesses as we can in Ironbridge and ensuring as far as possible it remained open for business as usual. </p> <p>When you see pictures of floods from nearby Worcester, I realise we have a lot to be thankful for. Well done everyone. </p> <p><img class="image_centre" src="https://www.telford.gov.uk/blog/blogImages/kuldip_blog.jpg" /> </p>
