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30 September 2019

Stevenson Comments on Weekend's Flooding

Banffshire & Buchan Coast MSP Stewart Stevenson has praised the emergency services and council workers who turned out to deal with the effects of the widespread flooding after torrential rain at the weekend.

The north coast was severely affected by the weekend’s exceptional weather with seven bridges being washed away of damaged, as well as damage to roads, verges and property.

Commenting, Mr Stevenson said:

“At the outset, let me say that I’m very relieved that we didn’t see any loss of life at the weekend. The catastrophic effects of the volume of water which came down resulted in bridges collapsing and road surfaces and verges being washed away. Such things can be replaced but not human life and this could have been so much worse.

“The emergency services and local authority staff did a tremendous job at the weekend, working hard to ensure public safety was paramount and I express my grateful thanks to them all.

“Clearly, there are now some major works required to bring roads back up to standard and to replace bridges which have gone and I will be liaising with the council in this regard. As ever with emergency situations, there are always valuable lessons to be learned in how to respond and I’m sure this will also be reflected upon, particularly in light of the fact that with climate change such extreme weather events such as this may become more frequent in future.”

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