Residents Frustrated by Vehicles Driving Over Broken Manhole Cover with a 2025 Repair Date

Residents are fed up of continuing clanging of a manhole cover at the junction of Shelford Road/High Street, Sandyford near to McDonald’s.

At times as many as 1,000 vehicles pass over the manhole cover, which consists of repeated noise pollution that residents class as a form of Chinese Water Torture.

Sandyford & Goldenhill Residents Association have been in contact with Severn Trent Water who are responsible for the repair, and have said they will be contacting Highways tomorrow 05.11.24 to request a permit to implement a two way traffic light and road closure to do the work.

Severn Trent Water have said they have to give 15 weeks notice to repair the manhole, which means the work would take place around the second week in February 2025. Severn Trent did say they understand the inconvenience this is causing nearby residents and have stressed they will try to get the repair done much sooner.

Councillor Chandra Kanneganti and Sandyford & Goldenhill Residents Association are both jointly speaking to Council Highways to try and speed up the permit approval so Severn Trent can get the repair done as quickly as possible.