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Plans submitted to fix major road 'destroyed' in landslip that looked like earthquake hit

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Plans have been submitted to fix a road that was left looking like an earthquake after a landslip.

Around 100 metres of the B4069 was badly damaged during storms in February 2022 - and has remained closed ever since.

The damage was so significant, it looked like it had been hit by an earthquake.

Wiltshire Council has now received a planning application, meaning if it's approved, work to restore it could start imminently.

After the landslip near Lyneham, skaters flocked to the site, using the 45-degree angle road surface as ramps to perform flips and jumps.

The local pub, The Cross Keys in Bradenstoke, has also reportedly lost more than £80,000 in trade since the road was shut.

Cllr Caroline Thomas previously said that the work could not be carried out until the road stops moving, describing it as a "major undertaking of significant scale"."

If the application is approved, work could take up to eight months.

Lyneham councillor Alison Bucknall said: "It's important we get it right, and we want this to be fixed once."

"The plan is quite extensive and a huge amount of drainage work is planned in order to futureproof it."

"In fields either side, a herringbone of drainage will take water away."

"The replacement part of the road will be built on pillars, which is quite a major engineering project."

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