Something unpleasant in the Shrewsbury air as water firm prepares to repair collapsed sewer
There is a hole in the road outside a barber shop with a distinctive smell of something very unpleasant oozing from the sewers.
Children and adults on their way from Ellesmere Road into Shrewsbury town centre were holding their noses and complaining of the pong wafting in Coton Hill.
Severn Trent Water believes that a sewer has collapsed following last weekend's storms, causing damage to the road and footpath.
Work on repairing the sewer was due to start from around 7am today but at 8.30am this morning traffic was still able to travel along the road.
Shropshire Council has now confirmed that Severn Trent has not been able to close Coton Hill this morning as planned because of "issued with the proposed diversion routes."
