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Article: Shop owner slams roadworks.
- Article from:
- Bucks Herald (Aylesbury, England)
- Article date:
- April 17, 2008
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A STRETCH of road outside a Wendover shop has been dug up for the sixth time in 18 months.
Shop owner, Charles Chaney says he is fed up with the constant disruptions.
A water pipe that is fed to the neighbouring cottages has burst a total of six times and despite the repairs Thames Water make on the pipe, the remedy is usually short-lived, claims Mr Chaney of Wendover Country Wear.
Last time the pipe burst Mr Chaney had to negotiate mud, rubble and fencing that had been left around the affected area.
The biggest concern, he says, is the affect this will have on his business: "There's mud all over the door, on the road and pavement and ...