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I reported this pothole in September. Supposedly it was fixed. The material used to fill it sank down into the hole. The construction workers are putting debris and other fill into this hole and it still sinks down. You can see where it is hollow under the road. Cones and Barricades are not the answer. When I made the second report, it went ignored. This is not going away, it is getting worse. Cars cannot drive over it!!
4 Comments
Acknowledged Philly311 (Registered User)
Ticket #2004349. Ticket forwarded to Streets Department for follow-up. Initial complaints will be investigated within 24 hours when called in before 2PM, and can take up to 3 business days to repair when completed by the Streets Department. Potholes filled by a non-city agency may take longer to fill.
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Closed Philly311 (Registered User)
Reopened Anonymous (Guest)
There is a hollow spot under that section of road that no amount of fill material will resolve. Perhaps it is like the big hole that was at 34th (University) and Gray's Ferry that appeared earlier this year. That turned out to be a water main that was leaking and wearing away the material under the road.
Louise Roberts (Guest)
"Updated 12/1/11 5:04pm: The Streets Dept reported that they were unable to find the problem"
You have got to be kidding me!!
Last week, someone has been there, filled the hole with cement within an inch or two of the roadbed, put up two barricades, and that's how it was left. The barricades have been disappearing one by one so now there are none and cars are driving through the hole.
Since then across the street, on Monday workers have dug up the sidewalk because of a collapsed sewer line and they dug into the road. They did a temporary fill with dirt. No barricades or cones to mark it and with all of the traffic driving through and the rain, the dirt is disappearing, hole is getting deeper and the surrounding asphalt is breaking up causing the hole to get larger.
The vibration from vehicles driving through this shakes the neighboring houses.