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A motorist driving along the flooded Princes Road(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\nHeavy rain caused disruption across Liverpool last week and now opponents want the city council to do more<\/p>\n
17:00, 24 Nov 2025Updated 17:48, 24 Nov 2025<\/p>\n
A motorist driving along the flooded Princes Road(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n
Liverpool Council has been accused of \u201cletting the city flood on repeat\u201d as an opposition leader calls for greater action to clear gullies. Severe weather<\/a> caused disruption across the city last week<\/a>, with heavy rainfall leaving multiple roads flooded and transport services heavily affected ahead of a yellow weather warning for ice coming into force overnight.<\/p>\n Among the areas impacted included Allerton<\/a> Road and Mather Avenue with cars seen driving through heavy rain. Queens Drive, under the Briardale Road bridge, was also shut off to drivers on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n This was the same area where a couple were killed when their car became hydrolocked in flash flooding two years ago. Now, the city council\u2019s Liberal Democrat group leader wants to see further action to clear highway gullies to prevent further flooding.<\/p>\n Cllr Carl Cashman, who represents the Church ward, said: \u201cEnough is enough. Liverpool shouldn\u2019t turn into a lake every time it rains.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why the Lib Dems<\/a> are calling on the council to inspect and clear every gully at least twice a year.\u201d Cllr Cashman cited issues with Queens Drive and Allerton Road, as well as Smithdown Road, County Road in Walton<\/a> and Aigburth<\/a> Road.<\/p>\n To combat these issues, Cllr Cashman\u2019s group has called for twice-yearly gully inspections alongside what they call \u201cpreventive action\u201d in flooding hotspots ahead of major storms and heavy rainfall. The opposition is also calling on the city\u2019s neighbourhoods scrutiny committee to consider a report about what the council can do to address long-term flooding hotspots.<\/p>\n Cllr Cashman added: \u201cThese aren\u2019t freak incidents \u2013 they\u2019re the result of neglect. Other councils manage routine gully cleaning, Liverpool can too.<\/p>\n \u201cThis isn\u2019t going to stop flooding in Liverpool \u2013 with climate change and heavier rainfall, it\u2019s going to happen, but that doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t manage this better. For the past 15 years, what\u2019s missing is leadership.<\/p>\n \u201cLiverpool deserves better than repeated flooding and constant excuses.\u201d Cllr Cashman\u2019s comments come after his predecessor in the role, Cllr Richard Kemp, who represents the Penny Lane ward where Elaine and Philip Marco die<\/a>d two years ago, said he had raised concerns about flooding continually, particularly during the multiple events of 2023.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cWe ramped up complaints about lighting and blocked gullies after the first, second and third strandings but too little was planned and done too late. Clearly lives were at risk although no flooding had ever reached the magnitude of the one on that terrible night.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Cllr](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_Carl-Cashman-in-front-of-Bins.jpg\")
Cllr Carl Cashman in front of some bins<\/p>\n![\"Queens](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_Queens-Drive-closed-due-to-flooding-at-Mossley-HillPic-Andrew-Teebay.jpg\")
Queens Drive closed due to flooding at Mossley Hill on Tuesday November 18(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n