An underpass built to allow pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders to get from one side of the new Preston Western Distributor Road to the other is regularly being closed by flooding, the Lancashire Post understands.
The short tunnel, on Darkinson Lane in Lea, was constructed as part of the £206m link road scheme which has seen a new dual carriageway created connecting Riversway to a new junction 2 on the M55. However, historical flooding on the narrow lane that now runs beneath the new road has gone unresolved - in spite of the installation of a pumping system in an attempt to rectify it.
“It’s a long way to go round to avoid it and you don't know it’s flooded until you get right up to it - and so then you have to turn all the way back. “A lot of the other paths have been cut off because of the new road, but this is one that is still available to be able to do a good circular walk. “Surely they could have installed a drain capable of coping with the rainfall in Lancashire - it’s not like it’s a once in a Preston Guild event,” Keith added.
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