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, with Lancashire County Council receiving official reports earlier today . The sinkhole has since been filled with bricks and debris to prevent cars from driving over it.
The hole has also been cordoned off by the Lancashire County Council Highways team to make the road safe whilst work is carried out to repair the site. Two yellow cones can be seen either side of it, putting into perspective the relatively tiny size of the crevice.One eye-witness said it was the smallest sinkhole they'd ever laid eyes on. This hole is the second to appear along the Fylde coast since the start of 2023. In January this year, a huge sinkhole appeared near Blackpool Airport.
Lancashire County Council is responsible for road management across Lancashire in every borough apart from Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen A spokesperson for Lancashire County Council said: "We received a report of a sinkhole having appeared on Westwood Road first thing this morning. Our local highways team attended immediately to make it safe. Their investigations found nothing to suggest the hole had been caused by a wider problem.
"We have filled and compacted the hole, and sealed the surface with asphalt, and will continue to monitor it in case any further investigation is needed."
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