A sinkhole that was discovered Monday in an alleyway on the north side of the 400 block of East Main has been repaired after the cause of the collapse was determined.
Randy Brock, utility operations manager, said a sanitation line was the cause of the hole, which an Allied Waste truck’s tire had fallen through.
“It was just a real old line,” he said.
“We contracted with Jordan Construction and they moved their equipment in Tuesday and were working on it in earnest Wednesday.
They were able to do a point repair, so no roads were blocked, just the alleyway.”
Because crews were able to respond to the issue quickly and repair it within less than 36 hours, Brock said Wednesday it “should be a dead issue by the end of the day today.”
Brock said because Allied’s trucks are “real strong,” he didn’t think much damage, if any, was caused to the truck. However, he said he hadn’t received any official information regarding the condition of the truck either way.
The sinkhole was one of several to occur so far this year across the city and although some have questioned whether the heat might be causing the collapses, Brock said the age of the lines is the true culprit in most instances.
Brock said he recalled a much larger sinkhole years ago that “could’ve swallowed a car” and required pipe bursting — a technique where a new line of pipe is fed through the existing pipe, bursting the damaged line — and major repairs. But so far, while the occurrence of sinkholes might seem frequent this year, they have not created any serious risks to motorists because they are blocked off quickly once located.
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A sinkhole that was discovered Monday in an alleyway on the north side of the 400 block of East Main has been repaired after the cause of the collapse was determined.
Randy Brock, utility operations manager, said a sanitation line was the cause of the hole, which an Allied Waste truck’s tire had fallen through.
“It was just a real old line,” he said.
“We contracted with Jordan Construction and they moved their equipment in Tuesday and were working on it in earnest Wednesday.
They were able to do a point repair, so no roads were blocked, just the alleyway.”
Because crews were able to respond to the issue quickly and repair it within less than 36 hours, Brock said Wednesday it “should be a dead issue by the end of the day today.”
Brock said because Allied’s trucks are “real strong,” he didn’t think much damage, if any, was caused to the truck. However, he said he hadn’t received any official information regarding the condition of the truck either way.
The sinkhole was one of several to occur so far this year across the city and although some have questioned whether the heat might be causing the collapses, Brock said the age of the lines is the true culprit in most instances.
Brock said he recalled a much larger sinkhole years ago that “could’ve swallowed a car” and required pipe bursting — a technique where a new line of pipe is fed through the existing pipe, bursting the damaged line — and major repairs. But so far, while the occurrence of sinkholes might seem frequent this year, they have not created any serious risks to motorists because they are blocked off quickly once located.
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