Busy Cotgrave road set to reopen after sinkhole swallows carriageway

Work to repair a busy main road in Nottinghamshire is under way after a sinkhole caused the carriageway to collapse.

Water company Severn Trent said its engineers were working to fix the damage at the junction of Main Road, Plumtree Road and Bingham Road in Cotgrave.

Nottinghamshire Police closed the junction after the sinkhole first appeared on Sunday May 14.

It is the latest in a series of sinkholes to appear across Nottinghamshire this month, most notably on Carlton Road in Worksop, which partially swallowed a car.

A Severn Trent spokesperson said: “We’re sorry for the disruption caused by a burst water pipe.

“To keep everyone safe as we work, we have closed a section of the road and would like to apologise for any inconvenience that this might cause.

“We have now completed the repair on the pipe and will be working to get everything back to normal and the road open again as quickly as possible.”

It is understood that authorities are confident there are no further leaks or voids elsewhere under the carriageway, which prompted the large and precautionary closure.

Nearby residents have expressed their pleasure at the reduction in traffic and noise due to the sinkhole.

Following the most recent sinkhole, Nottinghamshire County Council has said it has launched an “investigation” into possible causes.

“We have experienced two collapses of the carriageway in Nottinghamshire over the past two weeks, both caused by damage on Severn Trent Water’s network,” a council spokesperson said.

“Whilst we don’t believe there to have been any clear common contributory elements, we have asked our teams to investigate whether there are any identifiable factors.”