John Harrison claims a flood alleviation scheme for the town was not operating correctly on Friday.
A farmer has criticised the Environment Agency after properties were flooded in Horncastle in the wake of Storm Babet.However, he claims a switch was left in the wrong position for several hours allowing water to flow back into the river.A number of homes in Horncastle and surrounding villages were flooded over the weekend despite an £8m Flood Alleviation Scheme, which was completed in 2017.That scheme uses John Harrison's land, but on Friday he discovered a problem.
"I was down here at midday and I could see immediately the mechanism was holding water back from going down the river but the return valve was open.John Harrison's land is supposed to store water to protect Horncastle"They told me they knew there was a problem here some time about 09:00 in the morning.
"I said 'well there will be a problem very shortly because all the water is still going down the plughole as it were'."BBC Radio Lincolnshire"We do need to get to the bottom of what happened and we will do, but right now we are focusing on keeping people safe.""We know the flood storage reservoir is working at the moment and it is storing water as it is supposed to.
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