A company providing transport for children with special needs may be forced to relocate due to flooding in its offices, putting 140 jobs at risk. 

LC Transport, also known as Lady Cars, in Rigg Approach in Leyton has been serving the Waltham Forest community for 15 years and caters for up to 500 children on a weekly basis. 

Its offices are nestled in an archway beneath Lea Bridge Road where Waltham Forest Council are building a ‘super highway’ for cyclists, the biggest Mini Holland project to date.

Director Denise Walker said the work has had “terrible” consequences for her company, including leaking ceilings and an electrical blackout that lasted two days.

Ms Walker said: “I’m exasperated because it seems like we are getting nowhere and it seems like we are fighting a losing battle and no one seems to care. 

“The council is supposed to worry about the local community and our employees and the children are the local community so they should have more concern.

“They started in November and we thought it wasn’t going to be major work but then water started coming through and it hasn’t stopped.

“The roof is falling through and our carpets are soaking wet. It’s horrendous and our morale is terrible.

“We have bins and buckets collecting the rain and it’s too much to clean up anymore.”

The company owns 38 vehicles, most of them buses, which are used to take disabled pupils to and from school and extra-curricular activities.

Before construction of the cycle lane started, the buses were parked in Lea Bridge Road but have since been moved to Low Hall Depot in Argall Avenue.

Ms Walker is pleading with the council for a new site where she and her team can work in a building or portacabin next to parking space for the buses to make it easier for employees.

She said if she fails to find a suitable site in Waltham Forest she will have to move elsewhere, which would cause “mayhem” for the youngsters with disabilities.

“This is affecting vulnerable children. Our phones were down for days and we had to work from elsewhere,” she said.

“We are a small business and don’t make a lot of money – we’re not millionaires – and we’ve been pushed from pillar to post and it’s just dismal.”

A council spokesman said: “Waltham Forest Council is in the process of widening and strengthening the bridge above Lea Bridge station.

“The majority of these works took place over the winter.

“Throughout these works the council has been in contact with the landlord to minimise the impact to the businesses in the bridge arches and accommodated requests for the temporary relocation of vehicles.

“We are committed to continuing to engage with the landlord throughout these works, which are due to be completed this summer.”