Hold-ups in Brighton after shopping street "collapse" (From The Argus)
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Hold-ups in Brighton after shopping street "collapse"
3:19pm Wednesday 29th December 2010 in News
The scene in North Street this afternoon
A section of road in central Brighton is reported to have collapsed.
North Street has been closed eastbound and council officers have been sent to investigate the scale and cause of the problem.
Officers said the collapse may have been caused by a water main bursting because of the cold weather and thaw.
Sussex Police were called at 2.22pm today.
No traffic is being allowed downhill on North Street and buses are being diverted along Queen's Road, North Road and the seafront.
Comments(16)
whatevernext?
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3:42pm Wed 29 Dec 10
MoreMikey
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3:58pm Wed 29 Dec 10
Morpheus
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4:52pm Wed 29 Dec 10
kkj
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4:53pm Wed 29 Dec 10
whatevernext? wrote:That was only speculation on the part of 'officers' - but can't plastic pipes burst too?
So much for having replaced all the old cast iron victorian pipes..
Christophe Hawtree
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5:04pm Wed 29 Dec 10
cricketpicket
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5:29pm Wed 29 Dec 10
Christophe Hawtree wrote:I must confess I was confused! And the bus I was on came up North Street - or westbound.
If the Argus can use the word 'southbound' of this road, then the newspaper is heading west.
Baron of Sussex
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6:17pm Wed 29 Dec 10
John Steed
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6:29pm Wed 29 Dec 10
kkj wrote:undergound PE plastic pipes balloon 1st and split 2nd, the pressure required is seriously higher than will be found in any water main or high pressure gas main (houses are supplied by a low pressure gas main.
whatevernext? wrote: So much for having replaced all the old cast iron victorian pipes..That was only speculation on the part of 'officers' - but can't plastic pipes burst too?
Above ground freezing can cause either the plastic fittings to fracture or simply force a badly fitted pipe to pop out.
Plastic (pe) gas and water pipes underground are generally electrically fusion welded leaving a joint as strong as the rest of the pipe.
In brighton a sewer collapse is a possibility as is a serious burst water main.
freezing of underground water pipes is being used as an excuse for poor maintainance. water mains are generally at least 90 cm/3 feet below ground level and the permafrost has not yet reached that level a week mor two of subzero tempratures is not enough to freeze flowing water deep underground.
Still a hole has apparently appeared and various people are looking into it.
Cgull
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6:31pm Wed 29 Dec 10
Christophe Hawtree
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7:59pm Wed 29 Dec 10
Some biscuits, suitably crushed, with a squirt or two from a few tubes of superglue, that should patch it up for now.
Lorem Ipsum
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8:37pm Wed 29 Dec 10
So we dove down to find the barriers down, people paying as normal, so chaos being caused by all those other drivers who had encountered the parking attendant as we all then had to get out and pay on the ground floor!
Lorem Ipsum
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8:37pm Wed 29 Dec 10
So we drove down to find the barriers down, people paying as normal, so chaos being caused by all those other drivers who had encountered the parking attendant as we all then had to get out and pay on the ground floor!
micky adams
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12:28pm Thu 30 Dec 10
Totally Provincial
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12:16am Fri 31 Dec 10
So, presumably we can expect a completely useless and inept report (in triplicate) sometime in 2019, plus ridiculous overtime claims (footed by the Council Tax payer) due to them having to actually WORK (or at least appear to do some) between Xmas and New Year?
Old Ladys Gin
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10:03am Tue 4 Jan 11
Cgull wrote:Yes but they don't weight that much as most have only got a couple of punters onboard!!!
What do you expect to happen to a road that has a zillion buses going up and down it all day long?
bladebot says...
3:30pm Wed 29 Dec 10