An independent report into the flooding incident which resulted in the deaths of a couple in Liverpool in 2023 has been published. Elaine and Philip Marco were tragically killed in the flooding incident on Queens Drive in Mossley Hill. Flood sensors, signage and barriers were installed in response to the tragedy.
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00:00An independent report into the flooding incident which resulted in the deaths of a couple in
00:05Liverpool in 2023 has been published. Elaine and Philip Marker were tragically killed in
00:10the flooding incident on Queen's Drive in Mosley Hill. Flood sensors, signage and barriers were
00:14installed in response to the tragedy, as well as replacement gullies, upgraded street lighting and
00:20pothole maintenance. Now a report commissioned with engineering firm Mott MacDonald as an
00:25independent party has been published. The report noted there'd been a long history of flooding
00:30incidents on Queen's Drive, with anecdotal evidence suggesting that the section of the road
00:34where it passes beneath Briardale Road bridge has flooded since the 1950s. The main cause of
00:40flooding at Queen's Drive has been determined as hydraulic capacity issues within the sewer network
00:45during rainfall events experienced during Met Office yellow and amber weather warnings for
00:50heavy rain or thunderstorms. The report said the combined sewer network in the area cannot
00:55cope with the volume of water that falls in a short period of time.