A ditch dug in the pavement of one of Preston’s busiest streets was left unguarded for at least 15 hours after the barriers surrounding it were brought down.
New car park for Preston city centre on fire-wrecked Odeon Cinema site while plans are drawn up for long-term futureIt is understood that the trench, which has now been filled in, would have been a maximum of a metre deep, because of the location below ground of the electricity cables that were being accessed.
ENW said that intentional damage to its roadworks sites was a relatively rare occurrence, but urged anybody who spots similar problems to those on Fishergate to get in touch. “Please call us for free on our emergency number, 105, and we will send a team to make the site safe,” an ENW spokesperson said.Electricity North West has put its barriers back in place and filled in the hole on Fishergate Commenting before ENW suggested that the hole had been left exposed on purpose, County Cllr Erica Lewis – who alerted the firm to the problem in a tweet – expressed more general concerns about the way such work is carried out.
“Understandably, utility works often happen with little notice, but too often they happen with little regard for the impact on residents and local businesses - driveways blocked, materials washing into drains and patches that don’t match or soon fail.
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