The 'Wonkiest Road' of Great -Britain – which was so crooked that it was used as an improvised skate park – was finally reopened after £ 5 million in repairs.
A 330ft piece from the B4069 in Lyneham, Wiltshire was broken up when a landslide ensured that the 82ft Downhill shoved during Storm Eunice in February 2022.
It became unusable for vehicles, but the breaks and buckles appealed to skaters and BMX riders who flowed there to practice their extreme stunts.
A traffic scheme was then set up, making it a violation to use the road.
It was used by more than 5,500 vehicles per day and the closure influenced the local activities that the customers trusted on the route to reach them.
Wiltshire Council expelled £ 5 million when repairing the damage, including building a 590 ft long retaining wall.
The Nick Holder from Wiltshire Council was in charge of supervising the project where contractors were expected to work six days a week for 12 hours a day to complete it.
The councilor who represents the area, Alison Buckknell, said it was a 'long, slow journey' to his reopening.
A piece of 330 feet from the B4069 in Lyneham, Wiltshire was broken up when a landslide ensured that it was 82 feet downhill during Storm Eunice in February 2022
It became unusable for vehicles, but the breaks and buckles appealed to skaters and BMX riders who flowed there to practice their extreme stunts
The Wonky Road is now being repaired and reopened after a recovery project of £ 5 million by the city council
An aerial photo of the repaired road that was damaged by a landslide during Storm Eunice in 2022
A scooter rider uses a broken part of the road as an improvised slope to perform his tricks in front of the camera
She added: “The most important thing is that we can get our lives back normally as quickly as possible.”
Mrs Buckknell also hit back at 'Destelievers', who doubted on the road, could once be resolved.
Some locals thought that the repairs would be a waste of the money from the taxpayer if the road runs through an area that has always been unstable, but Wiltshire Council insisted that it has a legal duty to repair it.
Responded to some residents to ask for an official opening, Mrs. Buckknell said that there will be “no balloons, no fanfare, no drum roll.”
At the time, the local population complained that the work could be useless if the country slides away again and it stated that the council should look for alternative routes on more stable round.
The Council said that drainage spiers were installed for a 'long -term solution for land instability'.
