UPDATED: Section of Old Christchurch Road closed

12:36pm Friday 18th January 2013 in News

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THE police cordon in the centre of Bournemouth has been reduced.

A large stretch of the busy Old Christchurch Road was shut this morning because of smoke issuing from an electrical supply box under the pedestrianised area.

The road was closed from the beginning of the pedestrianised section near Barclays to the Halifax bank.

The area was cleared of shoppers and shop workers were told to stay inside until fears of an explosion subsided after the supply was isolated.

The cordon has been reduced to cover the manhole area only but the electricity to many of the business nearby has remained off while Scottish and Southern Energy work on the fault.

Comments(12)

Bliggo says...
12:51pm Fri 18 Jan 13

I am stuck in my shop and my life is at risk!!!! Sacre bleu!

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speedy231278 says...
12:56pm Fri 18 Jan 13

It's done this before when it rained lots, and they dug a huge hole in the road to 'fix' it. Clearly didn't do a very good job!

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speedy231278 says...
1:01pm Fri 18 Jan 13

BTW, 12.36pm is this afternoon.

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Bliggo says...
1:07pm Fri 18 Jan 13

Hi speedy231278, how are you today?

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speedy231278 says...
1:16pm Fri 18 Jan 13

I'll be great assuming this cordon gets lifted before I need to go home... lol

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Bliggo says...
1:23pm Fri 18 Jan 13

Me too. I see the Bournemouth Rangers have assembled!

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speedy231278 says...
2:06pm Fri 18 Jan 13

Is it still closed? No updates despite being 150 yards from the Echo's office!!

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Hunter1234 says...
4:06pm Fri 18 Jan 13

At least parking meters r not working

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speedy231278 says...
10:34pm Fri 18 Jan 13

Was open at 4pm, electrickery is now restored, no idea when as no-one has updated the story....

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SpaceMoth says...
1:37am Sat 19 Jan 13

Was about 8pm when I got power back!

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speedy231278 says...
11:51am Sat 19 Jan 13

Still a very large hole in the road. Hopefully they fix it properly this time. Allegedly the fault was caused by the inspection cover being replaced last time this happened several months ago, and it not being supported correctly underneath, and the whole lot sank under the weight of delivery lorries, damaging the kit underneath.

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speedy231278 says...
11:12am Mon 28 Jan 13

STILL NOTHING. Still a ruddy great hole in the road, no-one working on sorting it out....

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