Sinkhole appears on village's main road

A HUGE sinkhole emerged in a road following a burst water pipe.

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Merthyr Tydfil council officers and workers from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water rushed to the scene on May 13 morning following the burst pipe near Penygarn at Pontsticill, which had led to the road surface on the main route through the village caving in.

Video footage taken on May 13 showed water spraying from the pipe at the site of the new sinkhole while some locals reported they had no water at a community meeting held at Pontsticill's memorial hall on Tuesday evening.