Mysterious hole appears on Davey Lane

by Lisa Reeves

Wednesday 20^th July 2011

Wed 20^th Jul 2011

Local residents were rather concerned to see the road on Davey Lane had suddenly collapsed on Tuesday, July 19th, leaving a hole about two feet deep.

Bollards were placed around the hole yesterday, alerting both pedestrians and motorists to the danger, and I contacted Cheshire East Council to make sure they were aware of the problem and request that it was fixed as soon as possible.

I have now received notification from the Council that the hole has now been filled in but the engineers don't know what caused it.

Tags:: Cheshire East Council

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Adrian Barber

Wednesday 20^th July 2011 at 10:23 pm

This type of thing will continue to happen from time to time where water runs under ground or there is some sort of old structure such as a drain that may have collapsed. That piece of road is an absolute disgrace, it is used heavily servicing a large number of houses. I'd like to see a decision on whether it is a cobbled surface or tarmac, at the moment it seems those responsible for maintaining it are in favour of letting it return to cobble!

Fenton Simpson

Thursday 21^st July 2011 at 9:44 am

I reported the hole as well via the east cheshire website. A similar hole appeared last year within a few feet of this one. Last years hole had running water at the bottom, so perhaps there is a underground spring or stream close by? The road is no way near maintained enough...

Jason Joyce

Friday 22^nd July 2011 at 10:13 am

It looks like the hole has now been filled in. Now the rest of the road needs to be done.