MOTORISTS had to navigate water up to their car bumpers after a notorious flooding hotspot fell victim to high tides and inclement weather once more.

Haven Road, in the Hythe, Colchester, was flooded again on Tuesday and over the weekend.

The road has been infamous for flooding for years, with water levels rising every time there is a high tide.

Last year, the issue became so bad one business, Velvis Cars, decided to relocate to West Bergholt.

Now, fed-up residents have once again hit out about the issue and demanded action to resolve it.

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Dave Smith, who has been regularly impacted by the problem, said: “The flooding is getting deeper, wider and stretching further along Haven Road.

“It is once again disrupting local businesses and thousands of journeys for residents. Action is needed to halt this ongoing, severe disruption at high tides.”

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On the Gazette’s Facebook page Rebecca Tedder said: “It’s been like that for so many years, nothing will ever change.

“The town planners should have seen this coming when they built on the floodplains all those years ago as it happened before they built.”

Shaun Cain added: “Yesterday it was clear, popped to Tesco quick and it had flooded right over in half an hour.”

In an effort to resolve the issue, Colchester’s MP Will Quince set up Hythe Taskforce in a bid to address the struggling infrastructure in the eastern part of the town and help with its regeneration.

Responding to the latest set of flooding, Mr Quince said: “I want to thank residents who have contacted me to highlight how bad the flooding on Haven Road has been recently, and I understand how frustrating this repeated issue is becoming.

“I am meeting Essex Highways and the Essex County Council cabinet member for infrastructure on-site soon.

“In addition, I have written to Anglian Water, Colchester Council, and Essex County Council to highlight the recent worsening of flooding and how frustrating and problematic this is for residents.

“I have asked all three to outline their recent collective actions taken to date to make progress on finding a solution to this urgent problem.”