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| Delays warning over road collapse | Delays warning over road collapse |
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| The Roads Service is warning motorists coming into Belfast of long delays as work continues to repair a hole in one of the city's busiest roads. | The Roads Service is warning motorists coming into Belfast of long delays as work continues to repair a hole in one of the city's busiest roads. |
| The road collapsed at Cromac Street on Saturday. People travelling from the east and south of the city will be worst affected. | The road collapsed at Cromac Street on Saturday. People travelling from the east and south of the city will be worst affected. |
| Drivers coming from east Belfast have been advised to use the Queens Bridge rather than the Albert Bridge. | Drivers coming from east Belfast have been advised to use the Queens Bridge rather than the Albert Bridge. |
| Motorists who use the Ormeau Road have been asked to find another route. | Motorists who use the Ormeau Road have been asked to find another route. |
| The work will last for about a week. | The work will last for about a week. |
| ALTERNATIVE TRAFFIC ROUTES Ormeau Avenue and Bedford StreetEast Bridge Street, Albert Bridge, Short Strand and Bridge End Hamilton Street, Franklin Street and Bedford Street | ALTERNATIVE TRAFFIC ROUTES Ormeau Avenue and Bedford StreetEast Bridge Street, Albert Bridge, Short Strand and Bridge End Hamilton Street, Franklin Street and Bedford Street |
| The Roads Service have put in a number of signposted diversion routes while Cromac Street remains closed. | The Roads Service have put in a number of signposted diversion routes while Cromac Street remains closed. |
| NI Water spokesman Bill Gowdy said the road collapse was caused by an air pocket which was probably disturbed a year ago during work on the Belfast Sewers Project. | |
| He said the depression in Cromac Street damaged an old Victorian sewer about four metres under the road. | He said the depression in Cromac Street damaged an old Victorian sewer about four metres under the road. |
| The tarmac mostly stayed intact, but a 15 square metre hole emerged underneath the road. | The tarmac mostly stayed intact, but a 15 square metre hole emerged underneath the road. |
| Mr Gowdy said the air pocket was an "exceptional event" caused by Belfast's "unique clay geology". | Mr Gowdy said the air pocket was an "exceptional event" caused by Belfast's "unique clay geology". |
| The new storm-water tunnel built as part of the Belfast Sewers Project lies 15 metres beneath the surface and was not damaged. | The new storm-water tunnel built as part of the Belfast Sewers Project lies 15 metres beneath the surface and was not damaged. |
| The project remains on course to begin operating before the end of the year, said Mr Gowdy. | The project remains on course to begin operating before the end of the year, said Mr Gowdy. |
| No infrastructure cabling was damaged by the road buckling. | No infrastructure cabling was damaged by the road buckling. |