Commuters faced tailbacks and rush hour chaos yet again as Thames Water have still not fixed a burst water main.
The water utility company was first alerted to the burst water main outside the Bentall Centre, in Wood Street, on Sunday morning.
Thames Water said it would be "urgently" attending to the burst pipe, but as of this moring it had still not been fixed.
Kington Council posted on social media this morning that one lane is still closed.
Just been told a couple of hours to cut out the leak to restore water to residents in North Kingston @RBKingston @thameswater pic.twitter.com/h7UDkGyaWG
— Tudor Conservatives (@positive4future) January 24, 2017
Two more burst mains in the borough were reported to Thames Water this morning at Woodside Road and Richmond Road in north Kingston.
A Thames Water spokesman said the team were "finalising the repair" and hope to have the road "reinstated" by this evening.
The company has come under fire recently for its response rate to burst mains and the number of leaks in recent months.
Thames Water is currently working in New Malden to repair some of its pipes, of which some are estimated to be more than 200 years old.
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