A POTHOLE which has menaced Andover High Street for more than a month could soon be repaired.
Workers for Southern Water confirmed on Wednesday, July 30, that they were beginning works to repair the damage.
The workers, however, caveated their acknowledgement and suggested the repairs could be complicated if further damage to the water main is found.
The water company, which recently implemented a hosepipe ban, had to undertake emergency repairs after a truck hit the pipe on June 18.
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The hole stands at the top of Shaws Walk, steadily filling up with rubbish. Penny Sinclair, 60, owner of Pennies of Andover, located down the alleyway, said: "It doesn't do the town justice."
According to the businesswoman, Southern Water was initially helpful following the June incident, but little has been done since.
She said: "We would all like it gone, but they'll remove it when they are ready. It's not very inviting for people coming into the town and who want to see my wares down Shaws Walk.
"They don't want to be looking at that [the hole], they want to be looking at the shop."
Mrs Dee Cook, 83, from Junction Road, called the hole and the fencing around it a "monstrosity."
The retired civil servant said: "What are they [Southern Water] doing? Why is it taking so long?
"Surely, if it were a burst water main, it would be fixed by now. It's a shame, we have got a nice area to sit and have to look at that. We could be a nice town."
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Ms Margaret Willoughby, 75, a friend of Mrs Cook from Pilgrims Way, said: "It doesn't make a good impression, does it, with the scaffolding and the lack of shops."
Ms Della Morgan, 71, who used to work at Sainsbury's, was scathing in her opinion of the yet more work to hit the high street.
She said: "The whole town has gone to pot so far as I am concerned."
Southern Water has been approached for comment.
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