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Gullies and ditches

We are responsible for the maintenance of drainage gullies and ditches alongside the highways of North Somerset.

We regularly empty and clean gullies and their connections to the drainage system and aim to carry out reported essential repairs within 24 hours.

We do not empty gullies on private land so if you are having problems with these contact our Environmental and Consumer Services team.

We maintain ditches across North Somerset and investigate problems which may affect road users.

Although most ditches in the district are on private land and the responsibility of the landowner, we will investigate concerns about these.

Our services do not cover the maintenance of rhynes or rivers.

The larger open ditches are under the control of the West Mendip Internal Drainage Board and North Somerset Internal Drainage Board while rivers are the responsibility of the Environment Agency.

For further information download our Ditch maintenance service standards and Gully emptying service standards.

Alternatively, contact our Streets and Open Spaces service on 01934 888 802.