Mancunian Way - 30 foot hole opens due to rain

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-33929490

 A huge hole has appeared in one of Manchester city centre's busiest roads after heavy rainfall.

The hole, on the eastbound carriageway of the Mancunian Way, is 40ft (12m) deep and at least 30ft (9m) wide.

Both carriageways have been fenced off between the Macdonald Hotel, near Piccadilly Station, and Fairfield Street.

It is believed a large water pipe beneath the road eroded, causing the road surface to cave in.

About two weeks' worth of rain fell in about six hours in the city on Friday.

[celeste]

Very scary, I must check on the small one near to where I live


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21600410


How sinkholes are formed

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[Jamie]

Oh good grief!

Here we go again! Manchester's roads collapsing all over the place. Hopefully though, this won't lead to years worth of roadworks all around the City Centre. For those of you wondering, I'm refering to a period in the 1970's when the Victorian-built sewers began to collapse - the first one being on Upper Brook Street, not far from the University. Shortly after that, there were other collapses more in the city centre which seemed to take years to sort out. However I also seem to recall that I think either the University, or more likely UMIST, were involved in developing a new process to 'shore up' the existing sewers by spraying the inner walls with a newy developed substance (based on concrete?) This process removed the necessity of digging up the old sewers and replacing them.

Ah! Happy memories! ;-)

[celeste]

A Manchester MP has said round-the-clock work is needed to fill a huge hole that appeared in a flood-damaged city road.

Graham Stringer, Labour MP for Blackley, said the repairs needs to be stepped up at Mancunian Way.

Heavy rainfall was blamed for the collapse which has closed the road since 14 August.

Tony Griffiths, of United Utilities, said the company was doing everything it could to reopen the road.

About two weeks' worth of rain fell in about six hours in Manchester before the hole appeared.




Repairs to the 15ft (4.5m) wide hole are being carried out by United Utilities and Manchester City Council.

Fatigue risk

Mr Stringer, who also represents Broughton, said: "What I've been saying to United Utilities is 'we need to get a move on.'

"The inner relief route in Manchester city centre is a major economic artery for the whole of Greater Manchester."

He said the congestion had been awful and was "bound to affect businesses and jobs".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-34046311         -          photos

[lozflan]

United Utilitys said it is too dangerous to work nights as there are Ghosts reported in the area and anyway Mum says Ive got to be home for teatime.

[celeste]

It's like being grounded, oops maybe I shouldn't have said that

[celeste]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-34077270


Part of a major city road that was closed when a huge hole appeared should reopen next week, council chiefs said.

The westbound carriageway of Manchester's Mancunian Way should open as a contraflow for the Tuesday morning rush hour, the city council said.

Heavy rainfall was blamed for the collapse on 14 August, forcing the closure of the road.

Manchester City Council stressed though that as with any major engineering work, the opening could be delayed.

Councillor Kate Chappell, executive member for the environment, said: "Rather than simply open one lane in a single direction, we are now aiming to reopen both lanes of the westbound carriageway, with a contraflow system enabling traffic to move in both directions."




"We are aiming to reopen the lanes in time for the start of heavier traffic on the morning of Tuesday September 1.

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Some of the potholes around here have roads going through them..

[celeste]

One of Manchester's busiest roads has been closed again after a second hole appeared.
It was discovered on Mancunian Way near to an area where work was being carried out to fix a road collapse caused by heavy rainfall in August.
The council said it feared the new hole could extend under the westbound carriageway and have closed it "for safety reasons".
The road was only recently reopened to allow travel in both directions.
 'Urgent priority'  Greater Manchester Police Traffic tweeted at about 1200 BST saying the road was closed between Fairfield Street and London Road because of a "worsening sinkhole".
       Diversions remain in place.
Repairs to the first hole, which was 15ft (4.5m), were being carried out by United Utilities and Manchester City Council.
A council spokesperson said: "We are working closely with United Utilities to make sure this can be made safe as an urgent priority, enabling repair work on the wider highway collapse to continue, and get the westbound carriageway reopened as quickly as possible."
Motorists travelling to Manchester City's Champions League match against Juventus at the Etihad Stadium are being urged to plan their journeys in advance and allow extra time to get to the ground.

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http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/another-sinkhole-council-investigate-claims-10126231

A busy road has been partially closed as the council investigate claims another ‘huge’ new sinkhole could be about to appear.

Photographs appear to show a network of cracks appearing on the surface of Victoria Avenue East in Blackley.

And yesterday afternoon Manchester council partially closed the busy street to investigate whether drivers could be in danger.

The M.E.N alerted authorities to the potential for the road to cave-in after being contacted by an eagle-eyed resident who spotted the road ‘subsiding’.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-34447899

A new sewer needs to be dug under one of Manchester's busiest roads as part of repairs on two holes which have opened in two months.

United Utilities said it has to close an existing badly-damaged sewer and create a new 130m stretch of plastic sewer piping on Mancunian Way.

Manchester City Council said it is trying to minimise the disruption.

The second hole opened last month near to work fixing a road collapse caused by heavy rainfall in August.

Tony Phillips, area manager for United Utilities, said it hoped to repair the sewer but had found the damage was greater than expected.




He also said that the geological problems had added to the company's difficulties.

Mr Phillips said sealing off the old sewer - built in the 1920s - digging the first new tunnel in Manchester for many years and installing plastic piping had doubled the repair bill to £4m.

"It is not just a significant piece of civil engineering, it is also a significant cost," he added.

Councillor Kate Chappell (Labour), who is responsible for highways on Manchester City Council, said: "It is going to take until the New Year but the most important thing for ourselves and United Utilities is to make sure it is going to be the fix for the next generation."

She said the work would create disruption during the run-up to Christmas but she added the council was delaying some roadworks until the New Year and has brought other works forward to open new routes.

Repairs to the first hole, which was 15ft (4.5m), were being carried out by United Utilities and Manchester City Council.

[celeste]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/surely-not-more-misery-motorists-10216982

Another sinkhole appears near the Peveril pub in Manchester