Melton Times letter: Sinkhole versus landslide

I recently read in the news about the gigantic sinkhole that appeared on a main road network in Fukuoka, Japan, and how in six days it was repaired.
By The Newsroom
Published 27th Nov 2016, 12:04 BST
Updated 6th Dec 2016, 16:27 BST
The A606 between Ab Kettleby and Nether Broughton, just after the Little Belvoir crossroads, was closed due a landslide EMN-161108-113941001The A606 between Ab Kettleby and Nether Broughton, just after the Little Belvoir crossroads, was closed due a landslide EMN-161108-113941001
The A606 between Ab Kettleby and Nether Broughton, just after the Little Belvoir crossroads, was closed due a landslide EMN-161108-113941001

Surely, this makes a mockery of the repair carried out to the small landslide on the A606 Broughton Hill, which happened in June this year and wasn’t repaired until September. The closure of this major road from Melton to Nottingham caused extreme inconvenience to many drivers.

Lawrence Perkins, Nether Broughton

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