TRAFFIC lights have been causing delays around a landslide in a Worcester street. 

We previously reported a massive pile of rubble and mud blocked Reservoir Lane not far from Rainbow Hill.

On Friday, (February 9) - after search and rescue dogs were used to check that nobody was buried in the large mound of bricks - a section of Rainbow Hill that was closed to traffic. 

It later reopened with traffic lights installed.

Worcester News: WALL: Wall collapse Reservoir LaneWALL: Wall collapse Reservoir Lane (Image: Sam Greenway/Newsquest)
Worcester News: LIGHTS: Traffic lights Rainbow HillLIGHTS: Traffic lights Rainbow Hill (Image: Sam Greenway/Newsquest)

With the footpath reopen it is also now possible to see the extent of the collapse from Rainbow Hill side.

Ringway, contractors for Worcestershire County Council, put up barriers and cones around the collapse with no access for pedestrians or cars through Reservoir Lane. 

Worcester News: LIGHTS: Traffic lights Rainbow HillLIGHTS: Traffic lights Rainbow Hill (Image: Sam Greenway/Newsquest)With traffic reduced to one lane, long queues were visible at times waiting at the lights over the weekend. 

A spokesperson for Worcestershire County Council said: “The wall is on privately owned land, and the highway and footway around the wall will remain cordoned off for safety whilst further investigations are carried out and the wall is repaired.”