Lincoln Eastern Bypass shut to motorists due to flooding

-Credit: (Image: Lincolnshire County Council)
-Credit: (Image: Lincolnshire County Council)


Part of a busy connector road in Lincoln was suddenly closed off due to flooding. The northbound section of the Lincoln Eastern Bypass, between Greetwell Road and Wragby Road, was shut due to flooding and standing water under the Hawthorn Road footbridge.

Lincolnshire County Council said teams were working as quickly as possible to rectify the problem but it was likely the closure would remain in place until Tuesday, October 22. The road reopened at 11pm on Monday, October 21.

At the time, Karen Cassar, assistant director for highways, said: "A pump failure, combined with recent heavy rainfall, has led to the attenuation pond beside this section of the bypass filling up higher than it should. This has led to our highway drainage blocking up since there’s nowhere for the water to go.

"Our team is currently on-site and working as fast as they can to get this section of the bypass back open. However, there’s a lot of water to move from the pond before the road will clear, so we might not have the road re-opened until tomorrow.

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"In the meantime, we’re asking people to leave extra time for their journeys around this area of Lincoln." The diversion route for the closed section of the northbound bypass between Greetwell Road and Wragby Road was via Greetwell Road / Outer Circle Road / Wragby Road-Bunkers Hill.