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Manhole cover very noisy when driven over, newly relaid road.
Reported in the Roads and Carriageways category anonymously at 12:12, Tue 20 March 2018
Sent to Oxfordshire County Council 3 minutes later
Manhole cover on Vineyard Abingdon, in road outside 65 Vineyard, very noisy particularly when heavy vehicles pass over. Road re-laid only Nov 2017. Problem began about a month ago, getting worse.
Council ref: 1251396
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Thank you for your report, we are now investigating this issue and an update will be posted as soon as possible.
State changed to: Investigating
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 14:18, Tue 20 March 2018
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I can confirm the above report. There are three manhole covers in a small area. They have become increasingly loud over past month, and are now causing significant disruption to sleep.
Further, the vibrations are likely causing damage to the road and neigbouring properties.
Posted anonymously at 23:16, Tue 20 March 2018
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My neighbours and I in St John's Almshouses were just discussing this today, and I came here to report it. Must be worse in the last few days. Sounds like a double gunshot every time a car goes over it - very difficult to sleep. It is the left hand drain cover in the first picture - close up for reference.
Posted by Jenny Smith at 13:02, Mon 26 March 2018
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This matter has now been referred to Thames Water to resolve the issue.
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 13:06, Mon 14 May 2018
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Spray-painted markings besides the manhole covers now, but still no fix.
Posted anonymously at 09:51, Wed 22 August 2018
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All 3 manhole covers have been replaced. One is still very noisy when driven over, still causing disruption to sleep. This is not resolved.
Posted anonymously at 08:41, Mon 24 September 2018
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Thank you for replacing these covers. For about twelve nights it was quiet. From yesterday the westmost of the three covers has started clonking again. Clearly not laid properly again. Please engage in some quality control, and correct your error as soon as possible, not waiting 6 months this time.
Posted by Jenny Smith at 13:38, Mon 24 September 2018
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The west-most manhole cover has recently started causing sleep disruption again. Extremely noisy when driven over. Please fix this properly and promptly. Thank you
Posted anonymously at 22:58, Mon 11 February 2019
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Hi, the west-most manhole cover has become considerably more noisy again. Causing stress and sleep disruption when driven over. Kindly requesting you fix this as soon as possible. Kind Regards
Posted anonymously at 08:45, Thu 30 May 2019
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I agree with the last post, and was thinking the very same thing just this morning. Is it possible that these covers or they way they are installed are not fit for purpose? It can't be right that they only last a few months before going again.
Posted anonymously at 13:34, Thu 30 May 2019
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Oxfordshire County Council has recently transitioned to a new system that handles reports from Fix My Street. We are checking a small number of reports, including this one, that are currently marked as fixed on our new system. If you consider this still requires further investigation, please accept our apologies and create a new report by clicking https://fixmystreet.oxfordshire.gov.uk/
State changed to: Investigation complete
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 13:20, Tue 18 June 2019
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.