from BRENDON BURNS:
Around 50 residents from St Albans turned out on Saturday morning at Abberley Park to air their feelings of being forgotten in the process of recovering from the earthquakes. Most of St Albans is green zoned but as I said to the meeting, green does not always mean go.
Many residents are facing delays getting assessments from EQC and insurers, let alone settlements. Some simply can’t understand being green zoned when they’ve had three rounds of major liquefaction through their houses and even springs popping up in their gardens. They are sharing the frustration of not being able to get access to the geo-technical assessments which have zoned them green.
Landscape architect Di Lucas arrived with her now well-known updates of the ‘Black Maps” which show most of St Albans was a swamp when the European settlers arrived. She’s agreed to assess where the silt banks (natural levees) formed around the area – these tend to be where buildings are most at risk. We are planning further meetings to identify insurance and wider issues. (Saturday 8th October, Edgeware Bowling Club 11am-1pm)