A NORTH Yorkshire MP has appealed to the government to help a town in his constituency rebuild a flood-damaged road.

Areas of South Milford, near Selby, were flooded twice last year, with floodwater causing a section of a main road in the area to be washed away.

The force of the water was so great in August that it caused part of the road providing access to Steeton Hall to crumble, and MP for Selby and Ainsty Nigel Adams has previously praised work by North Yorkshire County Council and Selby District Council to improve the area.

Mr Adams recently appealed to Dan Rogerson, parliamentary under-secretary of state for water, forestry, resource management and rural affairs, for assistance in maintaining the road.

He said: "The June flood washed away parts of the causeway at Steeton Hall. After the June flood it was repaired by residents, only to be washed away again in August.

"The causeway needs to be properly repaired but the company that owns it has gone into receivership, meaning that ownership transferred to the Crown. I met with Dan Rogerson to discuss the wider issues about flooding in South Milford and to ask him to bring a resolution to the issues preventing the causeway from being repaired."

Mr Adams said both authorities had undergone talks with Yorkshire Water and the Environment Agency which had led to "a good local response", and "prompt action to reduce the risk of it happening again", but said the road had again become damaged, and said the maintenance of the causeway should be transferred to the residents of Steeton Hall - a proposition supported by residents and a local action group.

He said: "The meeting was very constructive and Dan Rogerson agreed to write to the Crown asking that the causeway should be transferred to the residents at nil cost, or if not that the Crown should repair the causeway without further delay."