A suspected burst water pipe on a busy Blackburn route could cause traffic delays.

A stream of water was spotted cascading down Billinge Avenue from the junction with Preston New Road in Blackburn on Wednesday night.

A water pipe appears to have burst at the mini roundabout itself. 

Puddles of water had formed further down at the junction with Gorse Road at the junction with Billinge Avenue.

Blackburn with Darwen council said United Utilities were aware of the leak, which was first reported to them on 17 April at 7:17am.

A council spokespersons said: "The severity of the leak will determine their level and speed of response to repair the leak and they have not yet notified us when the repair will take place.

"Given its location, we would expect there to be some disruption whilst it is repaired as it will likely require temporary traffic signals, however we have asked that disruption is limited by enforcing manual control to manage the flow of traffic on the Preston New Road corridor."

Lancashire Telegraph: This was the scene on Wednesday night

Lancashire Telegraph:

The route is one of the busiest in town for residents, commuters and school runs.