Flooding in Stockport

[dickie davies]

Now a second breach on the Bridgewater canal, twice the size of the first

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Now a second breach on the Bridgewater canal, twice the size of the first

Expensive and tricky to fix, with higher banks needed too.

Wonder where the water is going in one of the videos. It looks like it’s going into a sink hole.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Now a second breach on the Bridgewater canal, twice the size of the first

Looks like it has possibly failed where the River Bollin runs in a culvert beneath the canal. That will cost a serious amount of money and time to fix.

 

[Blue Boy 63]

A555 near Lakeland (I think), often floods, never seen it anything like this bad though

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Yes . That`s the Heald Green / Handforth junction just around the corner from me . It`s been flooded often in the past but not to that extent . The MAER was also closed between Styal Rd and the Airport earlier . Not sure on how the Bramhall junction faired as that`s liable to flooding too .

 

[dickie davies]

Looks like it has possibly failed where the River Bollin runs in a culvert beneath the canal. That will cost a serious amount of money and time to fix.

It will indeed
The Bridgewater canal isn’t maintained by the Canal and River trust, it’s owned ultimately by Peel holdings

 

[Blue Mist]

It will indeed
The Bridgewater canal isn’t maintained by the Canal and River trust, it’s owned ultimately by Peel holdings

That's Peel Holdings that owned the the Trafford Centre*. Also owns loads of land all along the canal and the billionaire owner of the same lives in the Isle of Man as a tax exiles.

* sold in 2011 for 1.6 billion pounds

So as you say, it will take ages to fix.

 

[youngbob]

Lived in and around Stockport for 30 years and have never known flooding like this. Even parts of the A6 that have never flooded before and are nowhere near a source of water, up near the Alma Lodge, are underwater. Bonkers stuff.

 

[Kippaxpete]

My heart goes out to anyone who lives in a flood area. There can't be anything worse than the damage caused by water in your property and add to that the fact that insurers won't touch you with a barge pole after the first time.

Ahem, unfortunate turn of phrase in the circumstances.

 

[tweety]

It will indeed
The Bridgewater canal isn’t maintained by the Canal and River trust, it’s owned ultimately by Peel holdings

No chance of it being fixed if those tight twats own it

 

[Gray]

If the councils cleared up fallen leaves in Autumn and sucked debris out of all the grids, then the problem would be nowhere near as bad as it is.