Nottinghamshire County Council says the damage was caused by 'badly-fitted farm machinery'
A £49m road in Nottinghamshire will be partly closed while a pothole is fixed.
The damage was discovered on the Gedling Access Road - officially named Colliery Way - on December 22,A section up to the Lambley Lane junction will be closed from 19:00 on Wednesday until 05:00 GMT on Thursday. It was initially due to open in autumn 2021 and was budgeted at £40m but price increases fuelled by the pandemic pushed the project back and costs up.The Conservative-led Nottinghamshire County Council said the pothole was part of wider damage to the road surface and caused by "badly-fitted farm machinery".
The council is currently in a warranty agreement with its contractor Balfour Beatty regarding the repairs.Local Democracy Reporting ServiceHelen-Ann Smith, deputy leader of the Independent Alliance at County Hall, said the discovery of the defect was a "major embarrassment" for the authority. "This £49m flagship road was completed massively over budget but was hailed as an example of the council's new-found prowess at building roads," she said.
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