'We need to sort this flooded road'

CHESHIRE

- BELINDA RYAN

East councillor has called for urgent action on a Willaston road which regularly floods and was under water for three months last winter.Cllr Allen Gage (Con) said cars have been written off in recent years because of the issues on Eastern Road, especially when the water freezes, and that a colleague of his rolled their car on that stretch of road.

“It’s been a longstanding issue,” Cll Gage told a meeting of Cheshire East Council, adding it had been occurring for about seven years.

“It's about a foot and a half deep at its worst.