Neighbors in the Kensington section of Philadelphia say a massive sinkhole near the intersection of 4th and Jefferson streets has become both an eyesore and a safety concern after remaining unrepaired for more than a month.
Residents say the sinkhole formed after a water main break in April and that while crews quickly addressed the initial issue, the damaged roadway has remained closed since then.
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Concerns about a massive sinkhole in the middle of a street in Kensington.
Yeah, residents actually reaching out to Action News about that gaping hole that nearly stretches across the entire road there, as you can see.
Action News reporter Cheyenne Coran joining us live along the Ben Franklin Parkway with what we're learning. Cheyenne.
Great, and Shari, well along with this sinkhole being an eyesore, neighbors also tell us that it's just simply dangerous.
They say it's been there for over a month, and they say the city told them that it won't be fixed until July.
It's embarrassing for me to live here, but it's also embarrassing for the city of Philadelphia to have this out and just open like this for weeks and weeks.
Kyle Wall says for over a month, he's had to deal with this massive sinkhole right outside of his front door.
He took this picture the morning of April 12th near the intersection of 4th and Jefferson Street in Kingsington.
He says crews were quick to repair the water main break that caused the damage, but can't say the same about the sinkhole left as a result.
The last 30 days I called the streets department.
They said they have some schedule where they typically don't send crews until July because of weather issues.
Neighbors say the sinkhole that has closed this portion of the road has caused parking, traffic and safety issues.
Although the city put these barricades around the sinkhole, caution tape, trash and even the caution signs have since fallen in.
According to a social media post from a month ago, the city says the streets department has repaired over 26,000 street defects
and asked the community to call 3-1-1 to report any road damage.
I feel like if this was in the middle of Center City, this would have been fixed weeks ago.
Instead, the residents around here are just left to deal with this.
And we did reach out to the streets department as well as Council Member Katsie Lozada's office.
However, it was after hours, so we're still waiting to hear back tonight.
We're live on the Parkway, Sharyn Crenn for Action News at 10 on PHL 17.
Yeah, residents I'm sure would love to have a timeline on what the city plans to do.
Okay, Cheyenne, let's stay on top of it.
