MACHINERY being used on a major road development has been partially submerged by floodwater.

Pictures show cranes and tractors partially submerged in their compound next to the ongoing A4440 Crookbarrow Way development to dual the M5 to the Powick roundabout.

A Worcestershire County Council Highways spokesman confirmed that the machinery and the works were undamaged and that the timetable for the Southern Link Road had “not been affected at all by the recent weather”.

Stage four of the work on the road, which began in March this year, will see improvements including a new bridge and viaduct and capacity improvements to the Powick and Ketch roundabouts.

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Elsewhere in the county, flood warnings and road closures are still in place as flood water begins to slowly recede.

In Worcester, Hylton Road re-opened on Wednesday morning after the flood barrier was put up the day before.

Several areas of the city still remain underwater including Worcester Racecourse and Blackfinch New Road cricket ground, with water levels not set to significantly fall for several days yet.

In Upton-Upon-Severn, the B4211 Hanley Road remains closed after flooding over the weekend, with flood warnings still in place for the town.

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Water levels peaked at 5.3 metres on Tuesday, with readings from the Saxons Lode gauge coming in at 5.1metres on Wednesday.

Warnings remain in place for East Waterside, Hanley Castle and Saxons Lode and Hanley Road.

The flood warning in place for Dunns Lane, Upton has been removed, and is no longer active.

The Fox Inn at Bransford re-opened on Tuesday this week after being closed partially after the water flooded the pub.

Tenbury Wells was also flooded earlier in the week, but there are no longer any active flood warnings in place for the town.

Yesterday, shocking video footage was released of a man walking fully-clothed into flood water in Worcester, despite several onlookers telling him to stop.

The incident prompted the county’s fire authorities to warn the public to stay away from flood water, saying the man had put himself and everyone else in danger by walking through the water.