Talbot Road contractors says 'bad weather' is to blame after council orders road to be ripped up and relaid
John Sisk & Sons, the contractors overseeing the extension of Blackpool's tramway, has been ordered by the Council to repair several sections of Talbot Road.
The company has announced that the road will have to be closed to traffic from Sunday, May 12, until Friday, May 16, to repair multiple areas "where failures have occurred."
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Hide AdOn another section of the road, outside the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, the council also demanded that the company rip up and restart a layby they had finished.
The spokesperson blamed "a period of adverse weather" when the concrete in the layby was poured, claiming that "this affected the finish of the concrete which didn’t meet the technical standard required."
Contractors expect to repair the layby in question by the end of this week, and say that these remedial work will not affect traffic flows.