Hertfordshire County Council has repaired a hole that appeared in a St Albans pavement, one year after it opened up in New Greens.
The hole, situated near shops at High Oaks, was fixed this week but a question remains over who owns the pit.
A drainage cover had been removed from the site in April 2023 following damage, the cause of which is unknown.
In an attempt to make the area safe, Hertfordshire County Council had placed a wheelie bin in the hole and erected plastic barriers around the location.
Despite not knowing who owns the pit, the local authority took the decision to repair it anyway and charge the owner at a later date.
A spokesperson for the local authority said earlier this week: "We understand residents’ frustration with the length of time it has taken to fix this broken drainage cover.
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"Unfortunately we haven’t been able to identify who owns it, and therefore who is responsible for repairing it.
"It doesn’t appear to part of the county council’s drainage system, or belong to Thames Water.
"To avoid further delays we have decided to repair the cover ourselves and recharge the owner once we have identified who that is.”
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