An inquiry has found that a multi-million pound road underpass in Belfast, which was submerged under six metres of water only a month after it opened, is still vulnerable to flooding.
Motorists were forced to abandon their vehicles in the M1 Broadway Underpass near Belfast city centre last August when a river overflowed and swamped the newly completed section of the £104million (€165m) bypass upgrade.
Independent engineers commissioned to investigate the incident say it could happen again if the flood defence system is not changed.
They recommend raising the banks of the river and re-examining the drainage system.
The report says that although the scale of the downpour of rain that fell on the city had not been experienced since 1914, the underpass should have coped.
