Highways engineers say further major flooding on a frequently-blocked stretch of road between Otley and Pool-in-Wharfedale is “unlikely”.
A section of the A659 Pool Road, near Weidmann Whiteley Paper Mill, was impassable on two occasions last November and December.
In both incidents road debris and run-off soil from a nearby field were blamed for blocking the road drains, leading to several feet of water building up.
Councillors Barry Anderson (Con, Adel & Wharfedale) and Sandy Lay (Lib Dem, Otley & Yeadon) called a meeting with Leeds City Council officers to discuss how the problem could be prevented.
They have been told that, while further investigation is needed, some short-term work on the drains should make it “unlikely the area will flood to any degree in the future”.
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