Newtownabbey: Department for Infrastructure establishes 'retaining wall had not collapsed' after Shore Road flooding issue
The Department for Infrastructure has provided clarification over a flooding issue on the Shore Road, Newtownabbey, yesterday (Wednesday, September 17).
A TrafficwatchNI report on Wednesday morning advised a collapsed wall was partially blocking the road at the Mill Road junction. However, the DfI now says the source was an overflowing manhole.
In a response on Thursday (September 18) to a query from this publication, the Department for Infrastructure said: “The Shore Road, Newtownabbey near Mill Road junction was closed by PSNI for a period early yesterday morning because of flood water coming onto the road due to an overflowing manhole on an adjacent property.
"DfI Roads staff attended the site and confirmed that the retaining wall referred to had in fact not collapsed, the flood water on the carriageway had drained away and the road was available for use by the travelling public.
"The TrafficwatchNI report referred to was taken down yesterday.”