Hereford street closed after sinkhole appears

Tennyson Close, off Shakespeare Road in the Whitecross area of the city, has been shut today (September 30) for three days.

There has been an urgent closure order put in place by Herefordshire Council until 11.59pm on October 2.

The council says that delays are likely in the area as a result of the closure.

The closure is said to be for sinkhole remedial works and is expected to take three days.

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According to the British Geological Survey (BGS), a sinkhole is “a natural surface depression caused by dissolution of soluble rocks at depth”.

While gradual dissolution happening underground can cause a sinkhole to form, several things can make the cavities appear.

Heavy rain or surface flooding can initiate their collapse, along with human triggers such as construction work, leaking drainage pipes, burst water mains and groundwater abstraction, according to the BGS.

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