No more flooding

A highways improvement scheme to tackle flooding on a Newcastle-under-Lyme road has begun this week.

The Staffordshire County Council scheme, at Chemical Lane, Longbridge Hayes, has been designed in partnership with Network Rail and Severn Trent Water.

The scheme is expected to take around three months to complete.

It will see the installation of a new drainage system to take surface water from the road near the double bend, which is prone to flooding, to an existing drain to the south.

A combination of temporary lane and road closures are due be in place throughout the works.