thankyou for your reply, it has at least given us hope . now the highways director is involved, it is not the drain itself it is the area before the drain . it is at a lower level and therfore the surface water does not run into the drain.i tried to email him but it just kept being returned. thankyou once again for your response, and i shall let you all know the outcome.

hi i hope that some one can give us some advice, we have had an ongoing problem for eight years with highways. we have no front garden or space, so our property (front door) sits approx three feet from surface water drain. it has been repaired many time but the problems have never been resolved.ie when it rains and it does not have to be heavy rain. water collect before the drain, causing flooding on our side, it goes beyond the white line in the centre of the roas. as the water collects it causes it to be jetted by passing traffic onto our property, and i do not mean a small annount, i mean upto eight foot high. directly onto our house and door and windows .we cannot use our front door or side entrance due to the amount of water being disbersed.we have damp now from the continual drenching. we have videoed the event and gave to highways last october, still waiting for a reply. made an offical complaint, there leaflet says "we aim to respond in fifteen working days " well it has been over thirty now and still nothing. the director of highways contacted us at home , and said he would look into it. again nothing, so sorry to bore you ,but where do we go from here, and are we entitled to compansation? also we want to market our property but cannot until this is sorted out. many thanks for taking the time to read .and maybe offer advice,