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BBC News
25-02-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Godstone: Meeting to be held about the growing sinkhole
Godstone Parish Council has announced a public meeting to be held on Tuesday to discuss the sinkholes which first appeared in the village early on 18 meeting will be held at 18.30 GMT at St Nicholas Youth Centre, and led by the council's chief executive, David Ford, and leader, Catherine Sayer, with representatives from Surrey County Council Highways and Surrey the weekend, the council reported that the huge sinkhole was swallowing up even more road, threatening homes, cars and parish council said an operation by Surrey Highways to investigate the two holes had had to be delayed until next week due to safety concerns. SES Water says it has now restored supplies to properties, but says the water may now be discoloured.
BBC News
23-02-2025
- Science
- BBC News
Godstone sinkhole to be investigated with 3D maps, says council
The Godstone sinkhole will be investigated using 3D mapping technology, a council leader has said. Godstone Parish Council said an operation by Surrey Highways to investigate the two holes had to be delayed until next week due to safety sinkholes - which appeared last week on Godstone High Street - have caused 30 households to be evacuated in the area although six have now returned. Tandridge District Council's leader Catherine Sayer said remote sensing called LiDAR will be used to create 3D maps instead of borehole testing. She said: "What I have seen is information that says the borehole testing is delayed, and they're going to use less intrusive testing methods and survey methods."The less intrusive testing methods will be used first."One of the alternative methods that may be used is LiDar - which stands for Light Detection and is a remote sensing technique which uses lasers to measure distances and create 3D maps, Ms Sayer technology has been around since the 1970s when it was used in meteorology, but is now used by autonomous vehicles to sense surroundings. A source from Surrey County Council, whose highways department is responsible for the investigation, said equipment will arrive 26 February. He said: "We're waiting for some specialist equipment to arrive on site to carry out further comprehensive assessment to ensure any stability and repair work is safe and designed properly."Tandridge District Council said it will be hosting a public meeting at St Nicholas Youth Centre on Tuesday evening to address concerns from residents and business owners.
