Island Roads is to complete urgent repairs to a sinkhole which opened up on a residential road in Shanklin yesterday (Sunday).
The sinkhole first appeared in the middle of Whitecross Avenue late on Sunday afternoon, just 2 days after a temporary repair was carried out in the same location.
Following the discovery – by a member of public – Island Roads quickly dispatched a district steward who coned off the affected area.
It is hoped that the repairs will be completed today.
An Island Roads Spokesperson has said:
“A depression in the road was reported on Friday, to which we applied a temporary repair and then closely monitored the area over the weekend.
“Late yesterday afternoon, a small void developed, which we promptly secured with barriers to ensure the road remained open.“Today, we will be investigating this further and carrying out any necessary repairs to restore the road.”
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Island roads dribble some rubbish
Monitoring over the weekend.
Just crack on and do it right the first time
Island Roads work output is shite!
Time they leave the yard in the morning
they go for breakfast, by the time they
finish breakfast it’s an early lunch.
Checkout the seafronts, full of island
roads vehicles parked up eating.
They get fish and chips at 11.30am
along Shanklin seafront, lunch time
don’t start until 12noon.
Biggest waste of money the island ever
made on these cowboys – yee-haw!!
Why the delay.