Sinkhole opens up as sewer main collapses

FIXING A HOLE: Contractors working on the broken sewer main at the Lytton Road-Stout St roundabout. Picture by Liam Clayton

Part of Lytton Road will be closed for the best part of a week after contractors were called out to a sewer block on Tuesday night.

They discovered the sewer main had collapsed and caused a sink hole at the edge of the Lytton Road – Stout Street roundabout.

Gisborne District Council community lifelines director David Wilson said Lytton Road would be closed to all traffic between Stout Street and Emily Street for at least a week.

“Please plan your trips to avoid this area if possible.

“Crossings have been installed to give access to the residents in this area.”

Contractors will span the fracture with new pipe and line the Lytton Road sewer with a structural fibreglass lining pipe.