direct to your inboxThere may never be a solution to the A555 Airport Relief road’s flooding problems, a leading councillor has admitted.The dual-carriageway was closed once again this week as Storm Christoph brought torrential downpours to the region.Completed in 2018, the £290m route - which links Hazel Grove, in Stockport, to the airport - has already been shut because of heavy rainfall on a number of occasions.The most recent closure came on Wednesday this week, when bosses moved to shut the road between Bramhall Oil Terminal and Styal Road, as ‘a precautionary measure'.Although the pumps did not fail, the road’s storage tanks were full and, with the surrounding land saturated, there was nowhere to safely discharge the water without.
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