RESIDENTS in Weymouth have spoke of their anger over the continuous flooding on Commercial Road.

Yesterday morning drivers were urged to find alternative routes and buses were diverted as Commercial Road was severely flooded.

The worst part was outside the multi-storey car park and at the Lower St Alban Street junction. The water didn’t subside until late morning.

Following the wet weather overnight, the area is believed to have flooded again.

The area is a flooding hotspot and there have been repeated calls for authorities to take action.

It comes as Weymouth and Portland Borough Council attempts to secure funding to build sea defences to protect Weymouth from flooding and rising tides.

Traders expressed concern last autumn that no work has been carried out despite discussions going on for a number of years.

Commercial Road resident, Kirstie Dolphin, 25, said: “This flooding is getting ridiculous.

“I pay the council £70 a year for a permit to park on Commercial Road, which doesn’t even allow me to park in council-owned car parks, yet the council still haven’t sorted out the flooding where they charge me to park.

"This has gone on for years and every year we moan about it and nothing is done.

"It’s dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists too. Unfortunately, as usual, nothing is likely to be done about it until something serious happens.”

Another resident, Rachel Lily, 22, said: “I live on the bottom flat on the corner of Lower St Alban Street and Commercial Road and as soon as I stepped outside of my door yesterday morning to go to work, I was hit by a tidal wave of water where a car had skidded through what looks like a lake outside of my house, and splashed me.

"Am I supposed to start every morning like this? Or is someone going to do something about it?

“The grates were bubbling with water and the cars showed no regard for pedestrians like me. Every time it rains heavily we are the ones who have to bear the brunt of it all and yet nothing seems to have been done.

“We know there’s more heavy rain to come so I’m really curious to know, what the council are going to do about it.”

No-one from the borough council was available to comment on the concerns raised. The council is considering long term plans on how best to protect Weymouth from flooding.

The plans analyse the best means of defence for the town centre, harbour area and the Esplanade from flooding until 2094.

The Weymouth Town Centre and Harbour Defence Policy includes plans for a tidal barrier, new harbour walls and improvements to the Esplanade’s sea defences.

The cost to make these improvements is estimated to be around £106 million over the next 80 years.