Part of a road in Newport where a hole opened up has been cordoned off for safety reasons. Orb Drive, just off Corporation Road, in Lliswerry has been partially cordoned off after residents reported a small hole in the road which opened up on Monday, July 18.
The area of the road has been cordoned off close to B&Q and Black Ash Park and both Newport City Council and Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water are investigating the issue. There have been a number of issues with holes appearing along roads in Lliswerry over the past few months including one which closed Cromwell Road for more than three weeks last September.
The Lliswerry area has a number of reens – running waterways that links a ditch or stream to a river – lying below the ground which have previously been thought to have caused issues. Council investigations into the Cromwell Road issue last year discovered that a bricked culvert carrying a historic water course running under the carriageway was damaged and water had started to leak through the sides and had to be repaired.
