A FLOOD-beating project to raise a road by up to 1.2metres in places is in line for a national award.

The road to Muchelney has been praised as an “innovative engineering solution” after being shortlisted for the Municipal Journal Achievement Awards 2015.

A 500-metre stretch of road was raised after the village was cut-off for around ten weeks when all four of the roads in were submerged by floodwater early last year.

It is hoped scheme, which took six-months to complete after being started in September, will enable the village to remain reachable in the event of any future flooding.

The awards results will be announced at a ceremony in London on Thursday, June 18.