A Chalfont St Peter councillor has called on Buckinghamshire Council to ‘escalate’ works to reduce the village’s flooding issues, after a boy was hit by a car.

At the end of January, the child was walking from home to school when they saw that the civil parish’s underpass was blocked off due to excessive rain.

The pupil then decided to find an alternative way home by crossing the village’s stretch of the A413, which is a 70 mph road.

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The boy was struck while pushing his bike but did not suffer any serious injuries.

Now, Independent councillor Karen Dickson is calling for the unitary authority to speed up the process to solve the village’s flooding issues.

She said: “It has driven us crazy as it has been going on for ages [the flooding problems].

“We have an underpass that goes under the A413, and that is regularly flooded.

“When that happens, people have to walk to the ambulance station and cross there, but it is a distance if you’re elderly, impaired, or a child.

“So what happened in this case was that the boy made a bad choice as he tried to cross the A413 with his bicycle and got knocked over.

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“Thankfully, he is OK, but it was a scary situation as it could have been a lot worse.”

Chalfont St Peter is no stranger to ongoing flooding issues, as the problems go back several years, with the worst case being in 2024.

At the start of that year, heavy rain caused the nearby River Misbourne to overflow, leading to waist-high water sitting on roads and pavements leading into and out of the village.

This, coupled with drainage issues, saw human waste appear on the street as a result of the heavy rain.

Some residents even explained how faecal matter was appearing out of their kitchen sinks as a result of the floodwater entering the system, causing it to be overwhelmed.

Councillor Dickson said: “It is crazy and it's always flooded.

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“Thames Water has been great, but Buckinghamshire Council need to get on top of it.

“I don’t know what the issues are, and I have been emailing and emailing for feedback.

“We just want it sorted.

“We need to get it repaired, and it needs to be escalated.”

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Thomas Broom, Buckinghamshire Council’s Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Transport said: “The safety of those using our road and pathway networks is always our highest priority, and we are very concerned by the recent incident on the A413 involving a child and wish them a speedy recovery.

“However, it would be inappropriate for us to comment on the circumstances or cause while this is being looked into.

“Regarding the flooding in the underpass in Chalfont St Peter, we can confirm that issues have been identified with the pumps serving this location.

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“Several pumps across our underpass network are toward the end of their design life and have limited capacity in the face of increasingly intense rainfall.

“Over the past three years, the frequency and severity of heavy downpours have risen significantly, placing additional pressure on this infrastructure.

 “Our specialist contractor is working with us to schedule the required remedial works at this site, alongside similar upgrades at other underpass locations across the network.

 “In the meantime, we urge anyone wishing to cross the A413 to use the alternative pedestrian crossing which is situated nearby, close to the Community Centre.”