Mystery of massive sinkhole that engulfed Surrey street in Godstone closer to being solved
Engineers, in February in Surrey, a large again swallowing a street began with an explosion juice with the mother, he said.
For the last six months, repair employees in the village of Godstone are trying to solve the mystery of the case. However, they still say they are not ready to blame the explosion for the appearance of the hole.
In June, they created a network of abandoned Victoria sand mining tunnels in June, and the inhabitants have been aware of them for decades.
Surrey District Council Infrastructure Director Lloyd Allen Told to BBC: “We don’t know what causes water to explode.”
For the first time on the stage on the stage after realizing that the appearance of the hole disappears underground, the unusual water is naturally on the stage, naturally to sink into the sand.
Mr. Allen: “So we started our research, we talked to people living in the region who knew the mines. It took a few months to use many different techniques to find them.”
Engineers draw the tunnels by driving them into their sandstone, which is more complex by the cables and pipes sitting underground.
“When we finish this thing, we must make sure it doesn’t fall again. Because this is normally a busy way with the arrival of big trucks.”
At least the road, which was expected to be reopened until December, meant that Godstone businesses lost the passing trade.
Local enterprises told BBC that they were “left in the dark üzerinde on their repair plans, and claimed that the owner of the business owner fell to one -third of what his income was due to the hole.
The website reported that Hare & Hoounds Pub decreased by 40 percent in customers after separating the PUB from the nearby M25.
After the crater appeared on a night on February 17, the residents were told to çıkmış as quickly as possible ”. As the hole grew up to 19 meters, more than 30 houses were released and the second was opened in the following days.
Godstone residents Nicola and 46 and 44 -year -old Damian Styles said it was a “shock” to awaken by the police in the middle of the night.
Mr. Styles said: “We caught everything, our clothes on our back and our laptops and we went out quickly. We didn’t know how long we’d go out.”
Last week, a part of the pavement was reopened and a “road collapse” was reduced.
Shane Fry, who runs DD Services, a garage in High Street, said, “They said they would keep us up to date, but this did not. We need to know. It will benefit everyone in the region.”
Will McLean, the owner of a housing window and gates company, said that the knot “reduced the uprising to almost zero”.
“Financially, it was very large. We fell into a 60 percent decline in business, which is great – actually destructive.”
