The ongoing roadwork on 13 December Road in Marsa has seriously inconvenienced residents who live near the Yellow Pages building.
It would seem that a contractor hit a main drainage pipe and since then, the area has been filled with toxic fumes and rats have been seen coming out of the pipe and running around the streets.
After people contacted WSC and the Health Department, someone covered the hole with plastic, but this was blown away in the 3 September storm.
Further calls were made and the hole now has a temporary cover, which could also be blown away in another storm, in the coming days.