Appeal after vehicle interference at NorthHykeham
Anglian Water and Lincolnshire County Council have spent nearly half a million pounds attempting to repair a sinkhole which appeared three years ago on Boston Road South in Holbeach.
Residents also noted how nearby roads have become a rat run for those who know the area, while HGVs and other larger vehicles have ignored road closed signs, only to find themselves having to turn around or navigate tightly parked cars on narrow streets.Communication between the two received as part of the FOI request also reveals the cause is a problem with pipework, which extended works in June this year.
Statements also noted that the ground conditions were a “a unique mix of sand and substrates which can cause land to move”. It further adds that there was “very little we could do” as they tried to assess the damage created by a vacuum and how attempts to remove the hose saw it snap.“We do feel, because the curing/cooling down process was incomplete, that the liner has come in at all its weakest points holding any significant pressure, which are potentially the 13 connections on liner, which are also blocked off.
Lincolnshire County Council shortly after announced they hoped to carry out three weeks worth of repairs to reopen the road but have been delayed several times by Anglian Water not being finished.Anglian Water confirmed on Monday that they hoped to complete their works by Friday this week.Further emails seem to show frustration from LCC as further delays to the work also saw the county council unable to move in to rebuild the work.