Repairs to fix the second leak in a week on East Cowes’ Clarence Road will take place tonight (Tuesday).
Southern Water says that the leak, located just 200 yards from the previous leak, should not involve another road closure.
East Cowes has been the focus of much attention in previous weeks due to the multitude of roadworks being undertaken and the traffic bedlam that has been plaguing the town as a result.
The water leak is situated on one of the main parts of the diversion which is currently in place to assist in the York Avenue resurfacing works.
The utility firm says that temporary traffic lights will be erected this evening, with work due to begin at 19:00.
Looks like island roads tarmac work there
why cant all service providers stop doing repairs and just renew the whole cable or pipe, .bloody waste of time repairing a unit ,then you come along and do another repair somewere else along the line .more mony should be spent on infrastructure first and not given to shareholders pockets
Old pipes, weakened joints, ( like me), vibration from heavy vehicles and road works, starts as a small weep, supporting soil erodes, and one day Pop it goes.
Meanwhile, with a lovely dry, sunny day today, how much resurfacing work was carried out by Island Roads on York Avenue during the day? Absolutely none! And the work (sic) that has been carried out so far is so shoddy it is unbelievable. Drains tarmacked over, huge gaps in the tarmac at the edge of the road, great holes left between drains. a five year old could have done better work. But hey-ho, cheap foreign labour and all that…