BRADING residents will soon be able to sleep easy after weeks of disturbance from a noisy manhole cover.
So disturbed were they, they called MP Andrew Turner to look into the noisy manhole cover yards from people’s bedrooms in the High Street.
The saga of the manhole that started with a noisy click and progressed to a vibrating bang whenever vehicles drove over it, has dragged on since July.
"It is now an almighty bang whenever a heavy vehicle passes over it and the residents living nearby are experiencing loss of sleep and are becoming concerned that structural damage is being caused to their properties," said town councillor Robin Attwood.
After the County Press contacted the Isle of Wight Council and Southern Water, a repair was scheduled.
Isle of Wight Council head of highways Peter Hayward said: "We have raised this issue a couple of times with Southern Water, which is responsible for this manhole cover, and have pressed them to schedule its replacement.
"The cover isn’t dangerous but does rattle when vehicles drive over it which makes quite a noise in the middle of the night.
"We are planning on closing part of the High Street for the evening on either Wednesday or Thursday to do some carriageway repairs and to minimise disruption we have also received an application from Southern Water to co-ordinate their repairs at the same time."
Southern Water said: "We apologise for the inconvenience to customers and can reassure them that we will make the repair as soon as possible."
Reporter: richardw@iwcpmail.co.uk