Burst water main causes chaos - picture

Oct 22 2008 by Joanne Douglas, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Flushhour!

A BURST water main caused chaos in Skelmanthorpe when one of its main roads was closed off during morning rush hour.

Water flooded on to a section of the road at the junction of Cumberworth Road and Huddersfield Road after a water main burst early yesterday.

The water ripped up sections of the road which will need to be re-surfaced once workmen have fixed the leak and assessed the damage.

A spokeswoman for Yorkshire Water said: “We were informed of a burst to an eight inch water main on Cumberworth Road at its junction with Huddersfield Road shortly after 7am.