© Marvin Joseph/The Washington PostA large sinkhole opened on 14th Street, D.C. last week.
The
sinkhole in downtown Washington will continue to block lanes and impede traffic until the end of the work week, officials said Tuesday.
Authorities shut down parts of 14th and F streets in Northwest Washington
last week after a pit opened at the intersection, which is blocks from the White House and in an area full of restaurants and hotels.
The work is taking so long because workers digging down to the sewer line have to navigate a complex thicket of utility lines and old trolley tracks, according to George S. Hawkins, general manager of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority.
"It's been the most complicated street repair I've seen since I've been on the job," Hawkins said at
a news conference in front of the sinkhole.
Work at the pit could cost nearly $2 million, Hawkins said.
Comment: "That's our best hypothesis..." Oh dear, authorities everywhere are soon gonna have to do better than that to explain the global
explosion in sinkholes to a population going "HUH?!"
The planet is opening up...