Floods that hit Stockport last year 'could have been less devastating had authorities been better prepared'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

was the A555 Manchester Airport Relief Road, which was hit by closures over the duration of the four-day weather event.The investigation found there were problems with the road’s drainage network - with pumps being overwhelmed and storage ponds overflowing - but that this mainly affected the highway itself, and had ‘little effect’ on downstream flooding.A pumping station at Hall Moss Lane - part of a section known as ‘Network E’ - was operating with one temporary pump, which was supplemented with additional ones as events unfolded and conditions allowed.However, contrary to local suspicions at the time, the report says that no water was diverted from the usual route ‘ie there was no temporary pumping into Lady Brook from the A555’.A series.