Road at centre of city traffic 'chaos' reopens
BBCA key road which has been closed for four days after a water main burst has now reopened, a water company has said.
Drivers reported "chaos" in Gloucester after the A417 Over Causeway shut outbound at 19:00 BST on Friday, between Alney Island and Over Roundabout.
Severn Trent said it had been working "through the night" to fix the road surface after repairs were made to the burst water pipe.
The city was gridlocked on Saturday with cars reporting being stuck in traffic "for hours" and one resident said getting out of his house was "torture."
In a Q&A on its website, Severn Trent said it received a report of a small leak in the road earlier last week, and scheduled a repair for Friday evening to minimise disruption. But the leak got "considerably worse".
"We did manage to fix the burst and stop the flow of water, but a lot of damage has been caused to the carriageway, meaning it wasn't safe for cars or our workers," it said.
Charles Gage, who lives in Alney Island, said the closure has caused "chaos."
"They're queuing one way, they can't go where they want to go so going the other way," he told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
"It's torture to get in and out, you can't get anywhere."
A Severn Trent spokesperson said: "Our teams have been working through the night to fully reinstate the road after fixing the burst.
"We would like to apologise for any inconvenience while we complete this complex repair and thank everyone for their patience."
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