“Dangerous” flooding on a busy road in Little Marlow could cause an accident, a resident fears.

Martin Braint, who lives on Church Road, said he is “extremely concerned” about regular flooding on Marlow Road, just yards from an infant school.

The busy road is a major route for commuters heading to and from the A404 Marlow by-pass and Mr Braint says even a small amount of rain is enough to cause huge puddles to form across the road.

The road flooded again yesterday in heavy rain – the second time in one week.

He said: “The road is getting busier and busier all the time. A few weeks ago there was heavy rain and the whole of the A404 near Marlow came to a grinding halt because of the huge puddle across Marlow Road. Drivers had to go through the flood so slowly that traffic couldn’t get off the A404.

“I have been on at the council about it. A couple of years ago they did some work there, it caused a lot of congestion but it didn’t actually help the problem.

“There is clearly a problem with the drains. The council might say it is because it is near where the flood plain starts but clearly there are sub-standard soakaways.”

Mr Braint fears an accident could happen on the stretch of road, which is near Little Marlow C of E School.

He said: “It is extremely dangerous. How there hasn’t been an accident there yet I don’t know. Lots of children from the school use that road with their parents.”  

Bucks County Council has set aside a budget of £720,000 in 2016/17 to address flooding problems across the county, including removing surface water, dealing with ditch capacity, making sure soakaways are sufficient, installing new gully systems and upgrading pipe sizes to increase capacity.

Dan Elworthy, a spokesman for Transport for Bucks, said the flooding problems in Marlow Road will be addressed.

He said: “Transport for Buckinghamshire is aware of the flooding issue at this junction and this site has been added to our list for treatment as part of next year’s countywide road drainage scheme. 

“In the meantime we will be attending site to clear drainage lines to hopefully help reduce the surface water on the highway.  We will also be putting flood warning signs out to warn drivers.”