A complete new residential area on the Langlaar in Eindhoven is in danger of having a wet start to Christmas because the water cannot drain. The enormous rainfall of the last few days should sink into an underground drainage system, but the ground is completely saturated.
The water is already in the crawl spaces of the rental houses. The downspouts of the houses are not connected to the sewer, but end just above the ground on a grid. The water should slowly sink into the ground through that grid, but that is no longer possible due to the heavy rain that has fallen in recent days.
The fire brigade tries to prevent the water from flowing into the houses with a pump. “In some houses it is only a few centimeters before it flows from the crawl space into the homes,” says a 112 correspondent.
The water should sink into the ground (photo: SQ Vision).
The crawl spaces of the houses are connected to each other, which means that the fire brigade needs heavier guns, the 112 correspondent sees. Population Care of the municipality of Eindhoven has been called on to help think about a solution.
It keeps raining
For the time being, it does not appear that the situation in the new housing estate is improving. It will rain for a long time at times in the coming days, Weerplaza said. Only on Tuesday will it be dry for almost the entire day for the first time since.
New residential area
The houses on the Langlaar are part of the large new construction project ‘Buurtschap te Veld’, where 670 houses will ultimately be built. The district is located in the north of Eindhoven, near the A50.
It is like mopping with the tap open in the neighborhood (photo: SQ Vision).
2023-12-24 17:03:47
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