Last week, there was a giant hole in the middle of a Fukuoka, Japan street, spanning 98 feet long by 88 feet wide by 50 feet deep, due to underground subway work causing a sinkhole. Less than 7 days later, all the utility lines were repaired, the hole was filled, the asphalt laid, and the road is back open. It was a true testament to what a considerable amount of manpower and money can do in a short period of time.
Compare that timeline to the repair of the sinkhole that formed in Brooklyn, NY due to eroded utility lines in August of 2015 and your head might start to spin. The Brooklyn sinkhole also resulted in considerable work, requiring workers to dig 60 feet down, replace a 48 inch water main, reinforce and clean a 15-foot-wide sewer line, and install a new 15-inch sewer line and several 12-inch water lines, according to the Department of Environmental Projection. One YEAR later, in August of 2016, that sinkhole was finally covered and the street was reopened, according to the Sunset Park Patch.
The timelapse video of the Japan sinkhole repair below was uploaded to Youtube by Hakata,JAPAN LOVE
On Tuesday morning, February 23, the Syracuse Fire Department responded to a call about a collapsed crane on a construction site near the university. Thankfully, no injuries were reported.