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Teynham sewage system won't cope with 300 home development
KentOnline / KMTV
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01/04/2025
Residents of Frognal Lane say that the sewage discharges have flooded their road with waste, all the way to their front doors.
Finn Macdiarmid reports.
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Residents have described it as raw sewage spewing out of their driveways, reaching as
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far as their front door.
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Ever since 2023, locals living here on Frognell Lane in Tenham have had their roads, showers
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and toilets subjected to floods of waste that bubble up from manhole covers and can reach
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from house number 39 all the way down to the end of the road.
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And with almost 300 more homes on the way as part of the Hysted Park development, people
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aren't sure the system will be able to cope.
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Local councillor Julian Speed thinks the village's other issues need to be addressed
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before a single shovel goes in the ground.
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I actually argued that the homes shouldn't even be built, let alone occupied, but unfortunately
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I didn't manage to get that through.
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But that's merely the 300 houses in Frognell Lane.
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You've then got potentially over there 1,250 extra houses in the northern Hysted Park site
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and all of that will be using the same sewage system as well.
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So even though it's going to be upgraded, will it be upgraded sufficiently to cope with
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all those extra houses, let alone cope with the problems that residents have got at the
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moment?
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The smell and sheer amount of it has a disastrous effect on the area, with one discharge lasting
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for three days.
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And it particularly affects the population of elderly and vulnerable people who live
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there.
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Now this is probably the worst area on Frognell Lane when it comes to these sewage discharges
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and that's all because these houses here are for people with mobility issues.
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So all the bathrooms are on the ground floor.
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So when the sewage is pumped up out of the drains, it can come through their toilets
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and their showers, completely ruining their homes.
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Southern Water on the other hand say only 50 more homes could be added to the system
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without causing significant damage.
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They stated that a recent survey of our sewer network between Tenham and Sittingbourne Wastewater
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Treatment Works highlighted the need for upgrades, due to the risk of blockages from ingrowing
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tree roots and the build-up of unflushables like wet wipes, fat, oil and grease.
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The water company added that they do plan on upgrading the system between now and 2030.
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But for residents who have to live with the frequent overflows, they tell me that they
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are left with very little hope that their roads, driveways and front doors will remain
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free of sewage.
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Finn McDermid for KMTV in Tenham.
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