Gaping hole in Algiers road grows bigger by the day A gaping hole in an Algiers neighborhood is growing wider by the day. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT SINCE THEN, IT'S GROWN WIDER ANDDEEPER, AND STILL NO CITY CREWSHAVE RESPONDED. >> THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHTHIS. THAT'S WAY PAST A POT HOLE.CASEY: BUT JIM HENDERSON SAYSWHEN HE FIRST NOTICED THEPROBLEM, IT WAS A SMALL CRACK.>> THEN A FEW DAYS LATER, INOTICED IT WAS ABOUT 4 INCHES,AND THAT WAS JUST TOO FAR TOOFAST.CASEY: HE TOOK THIS PICTURE ONFEBRUARY 2, AND SENT IT TOCOUNCIL MEMBER NADINE RAMSEY'SOFFICE.>> I CONTACTED CITY HALL ANDSAID, "LISTEN, THIS THING ISGROWING PRETTY FAST HERE."I SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE FROMTHE COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE, ANDHE ASSURED ME THEY WERE WORKINGON IT.CASEY: NOW TWO MONTHS LATER THECRACK IS A HOLE NEARLY KNEEDEEP.>> YOU'VE GOT A TWO FOOT DROPTHERE AT LEAST, AND PEOPLECOMING IN AT NIGHT THEY CAN'TSECASEY: CARS HAVE TO EITHER GOAGAINST TRAFFIC, OR DRIVE RIGHTUP TO THE CURB TO GET AROUND THESINK HOLE.>> THEY DON'T REALIZE THEDANGER.CASEY: YOU CAN LITERALLY FEELTHE GROUND SHAKING AS CARS TRYTO AVOID THIS AREA, AND ALTHOUGHRESIDENTS HAVE TRIED TO NOTIFYDRIVERS OF THE COMING HAZARD,SOME HAVE STILL BOTTOMED OUT INTHIS GROWING SINK HOLE.>> YOU SEE SOMEBODY BOTTOMED OUTIN THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE SCRAPS, THAT'SWHAT CAUSED THAT PANEL TO BREAKTHE WAY IT DID.CASEY: HENDERSON SAYS THE ENTIREBLOCK WAS RE-PAVED JUST OVER AYEAR AND A HALF AGO.>> SO IT'S QUESTIONABLE THE WORKTHAT WAS DONE FOR IT TO TURN OUTLIKE THIS WITHIN A YEAR.CASEY: AS THIS HOLE CONTIUES TOGROW, SO DOES CONCERN FOR THESAFETY OF DRIVERS AND RESIDENTS.WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY>> I THINK WITH THE RISK OFINJURY, POSSIBLY SEVERE INJURY,AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO VEHICLES,THEY SHOULD BE ON IT RIGHT NOW.CASEY: WITH EACH RAINFALL,

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