A couple have been told they must foot the bill to repair a drain fractured by workmen underneath the pavement next to their home.
Salford council and United Utilties both say it is not their responsibility to fix the pipe which drains water from the front of Paul and Belinda Broomhead's Eccles house and was originally laid to prevent flooding. It is believed the pipe was broken some time in the past when other pipes and cables running across it were being laid underneath the pavement by unknown workmen.
The broken pipe was revealed when council contractors dug up the pavement on May 5 to investigate the source of flooding. The problem has halted the completion work to put block paving on the driveway of the Broomheads' Bradford Road, Ellesmere Park home.
