GONE TO POT
Britain’s ‘biggest pothole’ revealed after flooded road finally dries up
The crater is known to beach motors on the road
BRITAIN’S “biggest pothole” has been revealed after a flooded road finally dried up.
Persistent rain left the whopping street crater — measuring 41ft long, 7ft wide and 8in deep — underwater for months.
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The colossal cavity is so large that cars get grounded by it and others have been badly damaged trying to pass.
Locals in Charlton-All-Saints, Wilts, are “fed up” with the council failing to fix it and “papering over the cracks with slapdash repairs”.
Retired David Bennett, 76, said: “It’s got to be one of the biggest around. The hole stayed underwater for seven months. Riding your bike through it is quite dangerous.”
He added of repairs: “When you paper over the cracks, it doesn’t last long.”
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Former IT worker Vince Jenkins, 64, said residents have had to warn visitors about the huge hole to prevent extensive damage to their cars.
He added: “People have had their tyres wrecked and cars scraped.
“When it was covered in water, delivery drivers didn’t know it was there. I’m amazed when they realised and tried to move to the other side, we haven’t had a large vehicle go too far to the right and disappear down the road, as there’s a big ditch.”
Wiltshire Council’s highways chief Nick Holder said it had not been possible to repair while under water.
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But he added: “Water levels have now receded to a level that will enable works to be undertaken.”
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