A LANE closure causing traffic chaos in the city centre is expected to be removed this week.

The burst water main in Sidbury resulted in a lane closure on Wednesday, December 15.

The leak left homes without water and has been causing traffic chaos in the city centre.

Worcestershire County Council's Highways and Travel Team have confirmed that Severn Trent Water has advised that the expected completion is Wednesday, December 21.

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The leak caused properties in the Battenhall area to be without water on Friday morning (December 16) until engineers managed to reroute water from another area.

On Friday morning, Severn Trent said Worcester residents in the WR5 postcode “may be experiencing some supply interruptions”.

The water company added: “We’re really sorry if you’re experiencing these issues and want to reassure you, we’re working hard on getting this fixed as soon as possible.

“We’ve got a team currently investigating the cause and specific location of the burst water pipe and we’ll update this page as soon as we have some more information to share.

“To ensure as many customers as possible remain on supply and we are currently moving water around our network.

"This may cause lower pressure than normal. However, this is nothing to worry about.

“We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.”

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The leak also caused all the bars and restaurants in Cathedral Square to close on Friday evening as no establishment had access to running water.

Sam Pisani, centre manager for Cathedral Square, said the issue "affected our restaurant tenants on the busiest evening prior to Christmas".

He said: "The incident yesterday has affected our restaurant tenants on the busiest evening prior to Christmas, due to the number of Christmas party bookings at Cathedral Square. 

"Severn Trent worked through the night to rectify the issues and we are now fully open in preparation for the rest of the weekend.

"Whilst we appreciate the speed Severn Trent worked at to fix the pipes, we hope they will now look at their infrastructure to ensure this doesn't happen again."