A MAIN route in town has been closed after a sewer collapsed.
A section of East Street in Colchester, between the junction with Ipswich Road and Old Coach Road, has been shut off after the sewer collapsed.
Emergency road works are being carried out and traffic is slow in the area.
On the Essex Highways website, it states Anglian Water are carrying out an emergency excavation to fix the sewer, which has caused flooding.
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