A sinkhole in Ryde has now grown to approximately 8ft in diameter as officials continue to look into the matter.
It’s been just over a week since the sinkhole appeared on a popular footpath at Appley, as first reported by Island Echo. A man suffered minor injuries when his leg unexpectedly fell into the void whilst out on a walk.
Heras fencing has now been erected around the area to prevent Islanders falling into the hole, which has grown significantly. A point of interest plinth is now at risk of falling into the 10ft deep cavity.
The Isle of Wight Council previously said that remedial work would get underway as quickly as possible.
The cause is currently unknown.
UPDATES:
APPLEY REPAIRS WILL TAKE ‘SEVERAL WEEKS’ WITH TEMPORARY PIPE TO BE INSTALLED
SOUTHERN WATER HOPE TO HAVE APPLEY REPAIRS COMPLETE ‘WELL BEFORE’ OCTOBER
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As always, stay tuned with Island Echo for the latest on the above stories and more at islandecho.co.uk.
Someone wants to get off the island badly!!
Put the floater in the hole and tarmac over
Obviously poor work done originally when back filling !! Unless it was for the solent train tunnel… a fumes escape hole !!
The Back Draw of a new volcano…
I don’t know about you, but I have this sinking feeling….
It really says officials are looking into it.
The oldies are still the best.
The oldies are the oldest…
Perhaps it will be filled in time for the Summer holiday season, so we can welcome the visitors, or, at least their wallets contents, to fill the coffers of the seaside businesses along the Esplanade.
Best hope so, otherwise the unemployed and sick will have to rely on their benefits to survive this season..
DP fear not it will be repaired as certain persons have a vested interest in ensuring Ryde seafront is filled to the max to aid their ‘other income’ stream, with all the rich ‘pickings’ now available to such.
Would be nice is we were all on a level playing field in a similar line of work, as this has been a hard year for those honest business owners. NOT an issue for those ‘in the know’ though.
No small wonder Ryde is being built to over capacity, the greed of ‘some’ is beyond bounds.
Perhaps they could fill it in with the floating bridge
From what little i know about sink holes, the majority are caused by water erosion underground removing the soil till the top surface falls into the void.
Yet, houses are still built on flood plains throughout the country…
Apparently the What3Words for this coordinate is what, the and fuck.
What part of ‘as quickly as poss – – – – – – – – etc,
By the time the council get around to doing something about it the whole of Ryde will be in the sink hole. Perhaps that wouldn’t be such a bad thing.
Just another average Isle of Wight pot hole.
I thought that was meant to be in county halls finances.
The Island authorities used to be undecided, now, they are not so sure.
So let me get this straight, a large sink hole has opened up and officials are ‘looking into it’…