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Why workers were climbing Old Trafford roof today after leaks at Manchester United stadium
13.05.2024 - 16:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Workers climbing up the outside of Old Trafford today have been carrying out routine maintenance work and painting the steel girders around the stadium, rather than working on any specific issues as a result of the heavy rain that engulfed the stadium on Sunday.
A significant storm that started five minutes before the end of Manchester United's 1-0 defeat to Arsenal on Sunday caused leaks to appear all around the stadium once again, with videos posted to social media capturing the extent of the problem.
The Old Trafford roof is now notorious for springing a leak when it is hit with heavy rainfall and Sunday's downpour was spectacular. The groundstaff recorded 42mms of rain falling in the two hours at the peak of the storm, compared to 29mms falling in the whole of May last year.
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Water came cascading in from leaks in the roof and poured down the steps in one section of the stadium. In other areas it poured out of drainpipes to create waterfalls from the roof.
On Monday morning workers were spotted abseiling down the front of the stadium from the forecourt while others climbed ladders towards the roof, but club officials said they were carrying out routine work that had always been scheduled for Monday rather than attending to any specific issues from Sunday.
The leaks at Old Trafford came on a day when Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Andy Burnham and Lord Coe hosted Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and pushed the case for public funding as part of a redevelopment of the Trafford Park area, with a new stadium at the centre of it.
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