Massive sinkhole to keep central Washington D.C. streets closed for another week
May 29, 2013
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 conferencein
front of the sinkhole. Work at the pit could cost nearly $2 million,
Hawkins said. All of the work should be completed and the roads reopened
by Friday, said Paul A. Quander Jr., the deputy mayor for public
safety. “A lot of progress has been made,” Quander said. ”We’ve been
working around the clock to fix this.” More
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