Prestwich: Heywood Road reopens after sinkhole repaired
A Prestwich street is back open a month after a huge sinkhole for forced quick-thinking residents to construct ‘a bin-barricade.’
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A Prestwich street is back open a month after a huge sinkhole for forced quick-thinking residents to construct ‘a bin-barricade.’
Heavy rains are being blamed for the dramatic road collapse in an area which is 'built on sand'.
The ground gave way to the massive chamber, measuring roughly six feet deep and ten feet wide, earlier today on Heywood Road, Prestwich, Greater Manchester.
Six-metre-wide abyss in Prestwich believed to be caused by a collapsed sewer after heavy rains
The ground gave way to the massive chamber, measuring roughly six feet deep and ten feet wide on Heywood Road in Greater Manchester, with traffic brought to a standstill following the incident