Flooding - Ramsbottom volunteers offer to help
Volunteers have opened a function room at the Grant Arms in Ramsbottom.
Volunteers have opened a function room at the Grant Arms in Ramsbottom.
Latest updates on the numerous flooding incidents that have hit the borough today.
Pilkington Way in Radcliffe is closed following a fire near the Asda store - please keep away from the area.
Radcliffe Civic Suite and Holcombe Brook Primary set up as rest centres for those affected by flooding.
Please avoid centre of Ramsbottom. Bridge St closed to vehicles and pedestrians. Radcliffe also badly affected, and some main roads to Bury closed (Dumers Lane and Bury Road). Also, please take care when out and about, and give the emergency services room to do their work
Motorists are being urged to avoid parts of Summerseat for the time being due to flooding. Of particular concern are Bass Lane and Rowlands Road. Emergency services are on site tackling the problems caused by rising river levels.
Staff from Bury Council and the emergency services are dealing with multiple incidents of flooding across the borough.
Residents are being reminded that most bin collections will be a day earlier than usual over the Christmas and New Year period.
Ringing in the true spirit of the festive season, the team from Bellway Homes’ Salisbury Fields and Hardy’s Gate developments have donated a 6ft real Christmas tree to Radcliffe Children’s Centre Hub.
Road restrictions have been put in place along a section of Bolton Road West in Ramsbottom to reduce the impact of the current flooding problems on the carriageway.
Please remember that several roads in Bury town centre will be closed during the Remembrance Sunday Parade. Parking restrictions will also be in place from 10am to 2pm.
Temporary traffic lights are being installed at a major junction in Whitefield due to essential gas works by National Grid.