A councillor has demanded an ‘engineering solution’ to the flooding that again hit the A555 Airport Relief Road this week. The £290m dual carriageway - which links Hazel Grove, in Stockport, to the airport - has repeatedly flooded after severe downpours since it opened five years ago.
It was closed again this week as heavy rain battered the region, bringing misery to drivers trying to get around Stockport, south Manchester and Cheshire. An investigation into the disastrous floods that hit Stockport in the summer of 2019 found that ‘design shortcomings’ meant the road would ‘remain vulnerable’ - with council bosses admitting they may never fully resolve the issue.
But there have now been fresh demands for the council to find an ‘engineering solution’ to the problem - and bring an end to the chaos that continues to blight residents. Coun Brian Bagnall, who represents Bramhall South and Woodford, called for renewed action at a full council meeting on Thursday night - insisting it was time to end the ‘misery’ it was causing residents.
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