The sinking road that's caused buses to be diverted in Coventry

The pavement is also closed opposite the junction of Manor Road and Stoney Road



Some Coventry buses are being diverted - because of a sinking road.

The National Express services 9 and 9A are unable to travel along Stoney Road or Humphrey Burton Road after a drain collapse left the road in disrepair.

The problem is on Stoney Road, behind Coventry Railway Station.

The 9 and 9A bus services will go via Warwick Road and Leamington Road, and will not travel along Stoney Road or Humphrey Burton Road on journeys out of the city.

The pavement is also closed opposite the junction of Manor Road and Stoney Road.

The Highways Department at Coventry City Council has said that work to repair the pavement will be done by Thursday, if there are no further surface collapses.

National Express Coventry said passengers who would usually use Stoney Road stops to travel out of Coventry should catch their number nine bus from the Railway Station.

This is what may have caused the sinking road in Coventry



Workmen laying cables for a new electricity substation behind the Hornchurch Close industrial estate, said the drain had collapsed due to buses mounting the kerb on the righthand turn from Manor Road towards the Stoney Road bridge.

The power cables, laid by a team from Western Power, are being placed under the road next to the collapsed drain.

However a spokesperson for NX Coventry said they believed that "water got under the tarmac and as it dried the ground crumbled away".

Coventry City Council told CoventryLive they expect the repair work to be done by Thursday, "all being well".