Burst main road chaos
Date published: 02 February 2012
RUSH-hour traffic was brought to a crawl in Royton this morning as water flooded on to High Barn Road.
The road was shut off during the busy commute at around 8am due to a burst water main.
United Utilities were aware of the incident and had sent engineers to investigate and repair the burst.
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