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Flooded Lea Road should be avoided, says police warning
A key road in Preston should be avoided due to ongoing flooding, police have warned. Lea Road is flooded underneath the railway bridge in Lea between Summer Trees Avenue and […]
An underpass on Preston’s Western Distributor Road which has been blighted by flooding will close for repairs, Lancashire County Council (LCC) has confirmed. The short tunnel, on Darkinson Lane in Lea, […]
Persistent flooding has made an underpass on the Preston Western Distributor Road almost impassable on a constant basis and action is desperately needed, those who use it have claimed. The […]
A road leading to Preston Docks was closed by police due to a crash. Emergency services were on the scene at Riversway on the eastbound stretch. The road – the […]
A road in Preston is closed due to a tree falling and blocking both directions. The incident, reported to Blog Preston by witnesses at around 11am this morning (31 October), […]
A man is in hospital after a crash on Edith Rigby Way which shut the road for nearly four hours on Wednesday evening. The Preston Western Distributor was closed by […]
A link road to the west of the city has been shut due to a crash. Preston Police say Edith Rigby Way – also known as the Preston Western Distributor […]
Water company volunteers in Preston took time out of their weekend over the summer to create a better outdoor space for a local primary school. Engineers from United Utilities, and […]
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