Hundreds of Gedling homes affected after burst water pipe
One resident said the road had been flooded and it was impassible."It's absolutely a wash. It's boot deep," he said."When you go down on to the football field down there, it's a mess."Michael Payne, MP for Gedling, said the burst water main had caused disruption for public transport and residents in Woodborough village.Jody Stoll, county councillor for the Calverton ward, said: "Woodborough has a history of flooding, so an event like this, particularly this type of mains water rupture, brings out anxiety in the village - quite rightly."There's a few bungalows towards the back of the sports field where the water is encroached on to the garden and on to patios, but fortunately there's been no internal flooding."Amanda Mellor, chairwoman of Woodborough Flood Action Group, added they were able to alert properties that could have been affected."In this instance, we were able to know the properties that are more vulnerable and the people that might need some help," she said."We went to them and basically swept water into drains so it didn't go near their houses."
Severn Trent said it had received about 200 complaints from customers reporting no or low pressure, adding some in the affected areas had water throughout.It said the team worked to restore the water supply by moving water around the network, as well as bringing in water tankers to help.Part of the road has been shut while work is carried out to repair the pipe.A Severn Trent spokesperson said: "Customers should now start to see their water slowly returning following a burst to a large water pipe on Lingwood Lane. "We are sorry to anyone who has experienced little to no water as a result, but after engineers quickly moved water around the network and used tankers to pump water into the network - supplies are now starting to go back to normal. "Our focus will now be to fix the pipe, and to do that we will require a section of Lingwood Lane to be closed. "We are sorry for any disruption this will cause, but it will be our priority to have it fixed and back to normal as quickly as possible."
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