My Sunday morning lawn mowing was shattered with a phone call that a hole had appeared in Mill Lane, Acaster Malbis, OK said I, "I will pop down later in the afternoon to investigate, prior to contacting the Council's Highways Department in the morning" (i.e. Monday morning). This was shortly followed by a further phone call to say that the front wheel of a new car had sunk through the footpath and was well and truly stuck!!
I abandoned the lawn mower and hurried down to the scene. The problem had been caused by faulty re-instatement following a new sewer connection in Mill Lane and the pavement collapsed under the weight of the car. There was also further road collapse above the point where the new sewer joint connected to the main sewer. Quite understandably feelings were running very high not only by the car owner but other residents in the vicinity who had had to put up with a whole range of issues during the construction of a new house being built in Tyn Garth, it was the new sewer to this property that was the cause of the problem. The car was recovered with advice from the AA and it would appear that the car did not suffer any ill effects. York Council's emergency highways team attended quite quickly, coned off the hole in the road and covered the hole in the pavement. Whilst the issue was and still is a very serious matter it did add a bit of excitement to many people in Acaster Malbis on what no doubt was a quiet Sunday Morning and will probably be a talking point in the village for some time. Repairs have now been put in hand so let us hope there will not be a repeat performance!!
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