General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Historically the Dougie has always flooded at Newtown, because that area is probably the lowest part of Wigan.

Before the dam was built in Whelley, there was work done on the River Douglas, about five years ago the banks were raised along the of the Douglas from Poolstock to Martland Mill and 'that' along with the dam at Whelley stopped the Douglas flooding at Newtown yesterday, the flood at Asda was caused by the sheer volume of rain falling there and the drains not being able to cope and if the Dougie had flooded, Wallgate going under the railway bridge, would have been under about three feet of water and would have been shut to traffic, so the 'flood defences worked in Wigan yesterday and you thank the Environment Agency for carrying out all the work on the River Douglas, over the last few years