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Residents and business owners have been frustrated at Southern water work on the hottest day.
George Carden reports.

We approached Southern Water who gave us this statement:
"Our teams have been lining a stretch of sewer pipe on the A286. Two-way traffic management is required for our engineers to carry out the work safely. The lining of the sewer will guard against infiltration in the future. Work started on Monday and is scheduled to finish by mid-afternoon Wednesday. We're sorry for the inconvenience this has caused commuters and residents."

Sussex County Council confirmed the collapsed sewer repairs are considered emergency works and therefore as a council all they could do, is ask them to take steps to avoid delays including manual control of restrictions and extended working hours.