Buckled Wiltshire road that became hotspot for skateboarding to be repaired

£6m scheme to fix section of B4069 near Lyneham submitted, but road may take another year to reopen

It became an unlikely hotspot for skateboarders and BMX riders who found that a landslip on a country road had created an attractive testing ground for spins, jumps and flips.

Two years on, a planning application to restore a section of the B4069 in Wiltshire that had buckled as if it had been hit by an earthquake has finally been submitted but, to the dismay of local people, it may still take another year before the road is reopened