Road shut 'until next week' after water pipe bursts

A "complicated" burst water pipe issue could shut a busy village road until next week, Anglian Water said.

Since Wednesday, workmen have been on site in Broadway, Yaxley, outside Peterborough, to detect and fix the leak.

Residents said the emergency road closure was "impacting them" and caused "inconvenience" getting in and out of their properties.

Ben Luke, from Broadway, said a local car wash was forced to shut after it flooded due to the incident.

"They have been digging the road to fix the leak-it's only pedestrian access now," he added.

"It is causing a lot of inconvenience as it is going to be shut for a few days. We are having trouble accessing our homes - It has impacted the local businesses in the area severely.

"The car wash has had to close due to flooding form the incident. The closure of the road is right outside the car wash and the vets so you can imagine.

"But the workmen are great and working through the night to sort it."

Anglian Water, who is carrying out the works, said the job was complicated and stormy weather could impact the works further, with the road likely to reopen next week".

An Anglian Water spokesperson said: "Our teams are currently repairing a burst water main in Yaxley.

"Although this isn't affecting any customers' water supply, we have had to close Broadway, which we appreciate will cause some inconvenience.

"We'd like to thank our customers for bearing with us while we get things back to normal."

A full diversion is in place via the A605, A1129, A15 and London Road.

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