Updated: A sinkhole has appeared on St Catherine's Road, at its junction with Bond Road by Jupider store.

It's understood the cordon, which we photographed around 3.15pm, was put in place on Monday (June 5), although the hole started to appear over the weekend.

Ward councillor Phil Webb (Lab) tweeted at lunchtime he'd been advised "a crew will be on site for works today".

Update 7/6/23: In an update on Wednesday evening Cllr Webb tweeted: 'Hole-watch: 72 Hours on  If anything it looks bigger (and obviously not patched up yet!) So, update from the Highways team:  “Southern Water are currently investigating their drainage, and we are awaiting a report back from them.” cc.@bitternepark [that's us!]'

 

Hole-watch: 72 Hours on ⏰????️????????‍♂️
If anything it looks bigger (and obviously not patched up yet!)
So, update from the Highways team: ????️ “Southern Water are currently investigating their drainage, and we are awaiting a report back from them.” cc. @bitternepark pic.twitter.com/VDKU5EdgNL

— Cllr Phil Webb (@philwebblab) June 7, 2023

Apparently, someone's looking into it.

— Paul Jenks (@hillsidepaul) June 5, 2023