Debate: Should the city fix the sinkhole on Hewitt or just pave around it like they did with the last one?

So there's this big crack forming over by the 7-Eleven on Hewitt Ave, been there since last Tuesday's rain. I saw the city crew come out, throw a patch on it, and leave. Meanwhile my neighbor says they should dig the whole thing up and redo the drainage pipe underneath, said it'll cost maybe $8k but save headaches later. Which side do you fall on? Have you ever seen a patch job actually hold on Everett streets, or do we just keep slapping bandaids on everything?

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murray.spencer1mo ago

So they just patched it and called it a day? How long before that patch starts sinking under the first garbage truck that rolls over it, you think? Seen too many of those quick fixes turn into a whole road closure down the line. Better to bite the bullet now than watch it swallow a mail truck later.

simon7171mo ago

My buddy Frank watched them patch a sinkhole on Maple Street last fall, and two weeks later his mail truck nearly fell in again because the whole thing just caved under the weight. He said they spent $500 on that patch and another $4,000 digging it up proper after the second collapse. So I'd say dig the whole thing up now, it's cheaper than doing it twice.

xena_fox395d ago

Read an article from the local paper about this same thing. They said patching a sinkhole without fixing the drain pipe underneath just wastes money because the water keeps washing the dirt away. Frank's story pretty much proves that.