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Once again Merseyrail grinds to a halt because it's raining. One again the perennial excuse of "flooding at Hooton" is trotted out as if this is something sent by teh almighty that must be borne without complaint.

As flooding is so common there, surely its high time something was done about it.Technology IS available to do this in the form of drains and flood alleviation schemes. Yes of course it will involve money, but so do these rail disruptions that seem to go on year in year out. If water covers the track then for heaven's sake elevate the bloody track or provide proper drainage.

I am sick of being decanted onto an overcrowded bus and having to stand because it rains and nobody can be arsed todo anything about it.

The thing is people want to live close to the station on what was a industrial estate that had drainage . Plus more houses towards the a41 so frankly you cannot move two streams and the rail line sits at the lowest point . The station didn't used to flood so what has gone wrong.

Heavier rain due to global heating, and overdevelopment with inadequate drainage.

Buit the point is that it is so frequent now that it needs to be addressed. If necessary build storm drains. This surely isn't beyond the wit of man.

They raised the level of much of the swamp area to the south of ROFTEN to make a park, that would previously have been acting as a storm sump and may now be acting as a pump (higher water pressure in the soil).

Had a very quick look around yesterday but didn't have enough time to see entirely what they have done, a few years ago the ditch along the eastern side of ROFTEN which eventually drains to Dibbinsdale Brook had been blocked but I presume that is now rectified. The ditch looked a bit drier than I expected but with the ROFTEN area now independently drained I suppose it would have less water.

It is a bit crazy that Wirral is surrounded by water on three sides and yet we can't dispose of surface water adequately. The most stupid example is by the penny bridge, the road is a few meters away from the dock but the road floods despite the dock water being significantly lower - forget about drain grids and pipes, just put an open gully in place. No doubt that breaches some silly environmental regulation similar to the one that prevents Wirral Council removing the sand from Fort Perch Rock car park and putting it back on the beach.