Queens Drive reopened this morning following flooding under the rail bridge Motorists have been warned they might not have seen the end of flooding on Queens Drive, as a troubled stretch of the road in Mossley Hill reopened today. Queens Drive was shut for the last five weeks - the second time it has been closed in a year since the death of a couple in their car. Elaine and Philip Marco , aged 75 and 77, died after their car became submerged in flood water on August 26, last year.
The road was shut for months following the incident under a railway bridge, and reopened in February earlier this year following remediation work. The road was then closed on July 10, when the area under the bridge between Dovedale Road and North Mossley Hill Road flooded once again. Since then, United Utilities has been working with Liverpool City Council to investigate the causes of the flooding.
Experts have taken core samples from beneath the carriageway and installed monitoring equipment to assess the impact of groundwater, and that work will continue until the autumn. United Utilities has completed repairs to the carriageway and pavement and it was reopened this morning (Monday, August 19). Local councillor and Lord Mayor Cllr Richard Kemp attended the reopening this morning, but warned motorists that this might not be the end of the problem.
He urged people to “think safely” when it rains in the area. Cllr Kemp said: “What has been happening since the last deluge is yet another investig.