Kidderminster road still closed to traffic nearly two weeks after sinkhole appeared
The road is still closed to traffic nearly two weeks after the sinkhole was first identified.
A road running through a Kidderminster neighbourhood is still closed to traffic nearly two weeks after a sinkhole was first identified.
The sinkhole had appeared in the middle of the road on Sutton Road on July 15, with residents having blocked the area with a wheelie bin to warn motorists not to travel over it.
Work crews from Worcestershire County Council arrived at the scene later on and cordoned off the area around the sinkhole, which remains in place nearly two weeks later.
The cause of the sinkhole is yet to be established and the most recent update by the council confirmed that there is no official reopening date for the affected road, although a completion date for works of August 3 could be seen on the One Network site.
A spokeswoman for Worcestershire County Council said: "The road has been closed to traffic whilst we work with utility companies to ensure this repair work is completed as quickly as possible."
A diversion route is in place, along Constitution Hill Ringway, Worcester Cross Ringway, St George’s Ringway, St Mary’s Ringway, Park Butts Ringway and Bewdley Road and vice versa.
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