Flood barriers 'not needed' in Shrewsbury car park but alert remains
Drivers have been urged to be careful in Shrewsbury today with a flood alert in place after downpours.
A new year deluge of rain has seen the River Severn rising and a flood alert has gone out from the Environment Agency.
River paths around the town centre had also been closed off.
Flood barriers had been scheduled to go up at Frankwell but an update at about 10am from Shropshire Council said that barriers were no longer thought to be needed.
The council said: "Our partners at the Environment Agency say the flood barriers are not needed at Frankwell today.
"Frankwell Riverside car park will be open today as normal."
A 7.15am update on the Environment Agency website showed the river level at Welsh Bridge was at 2.39m, with a forecast of 2.66m at 10.45pm tonight (Monday).
The levels in that forecast are still below the top of the river's normal range at 2.70m.
Four 4 flood alerts remain in place this morning at the River Dee catchment in England from Whitchurch to Chester, the River Severn in Shropshire, the Severn Vyrnwy confluence and the Tern and Perry catchments.
