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Flooding from stream temporarily closes road near Ironbridge

Highways teams are working to reopen a road near Ironbridge after water from a nearby spring flooded the carriageway.

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Buildwas Road near Ironbridge was closed on Saturday afternoon after residents reported flooding on the road.

A photograph, shared by Ironbridge councillor Carolyn Healy, showed a highways maintenance vehicle at the scene clearing the flood water.

At around 4pm, Councillor Healy said: "Buildwas Road is closed while the highways team clear the water that has been building up on the road.

Buildwas Road
Buildwas Road

"They are checking and clearing all gullies to ensure water coming from the spring on the hill doesn’t pool on the road."

Another photograph shared on social media shows the road closed at the Dale End roundabout.