Two months ago, two massive sinkholes appeared in St. Louis. They’ve since been repaired, and the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is taking steps to prevent future ones.
MSD said they were made aware of the second opening and placed a steel plate over it for safety purposes. The department tells us, the sinking manhole is not caused by an issue with the public sewer system.
When he came back to the same spot Monday, he saw a Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District crew finishing up an initial inspection and covering the hole.
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Several blocks of Cass have been shut down for repairs for what the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District labels a cave-in, not a sinkhole.
The Cass Avenue site was expected to take about a month, although MSD reported crews were making progress Wednesday.
A portion of the street crumbled into a 20-foot-deep hole near Cass Avenue and 18th Street. At the same time, part of the street collapsed into a 14-foot hole near Park Avenue and Dillon Street in Lafayette Square, taking a portion of the median with it.
The area was fenced off Tuesday and crews from the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) were on site.
Officials have said the chasms were likely caused by the collapse of century-old sewers, making fixes the responsibility of the sewer district.
A contractor had been hired to address the hole taking up an entire lane on Cass Avenue, northwest of downtown. She couldn’t guarantee a date when things would be fixed, but she said equipment arrived Monday and more activity would follow.
