Road to be closed after landslide (From Daily Echo)
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Road to be closed after landslide
11:59am Friday 29th January 2010 in
A COASTAL road in Hampshire will be closed for six months after part of a cliff collapsed.
Homes were left without gas and electricity while one resident had to be evacuated following the landslide on Hill Head Road in Hill Head.
The ground sunk by three feet from street level, pulling away the footpath and cracking the surface of the road near the Osborne View Pub.
Highway bosses say the wider issue of the landslide will have to be dealt with before road repairs can begin. It is likely to involve major works to stabilise the area – and that could mean the route being closed off for at least six months.
Ken Thornber, leader of Hampshire County Council, said it was unclear what caused the landslide, on January 17, but that the cold weather may have been a factor.
“It is anticipated a heavy engineering solution will be necessary, which could take many months to construct,” he said.
Comments(3)
Brite Spark
says...
12:49pm Fri 29 Jan 10
Southy, you make me laugh this cliff is 50 yards from the beach, no dredging has taken place on Cliff Road, only off the coast where the oyster bed fishermen have killed off the sea life during the last 30 years.
As a foot note, when Gary Glitter returned to the UK he stayed in a house 100 yards from this incident, but he’s not there anymore!
southy
says...
1:59pm Fri 29 Jan 10
and with this wet and cold it will not help, plus what you said the traffic.
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southy says...
12:23pm Fri 29 Jan 10
top layer's of the sea bed being washed away to fill in the dredge channel, so there is less support to keep up the cliff sides, then with all this wet and cold weather has compound the problem.