Harrisburg, PA-
City residents cheered today when walking down the Capitol City’s main business drag and thoroughfare, Second Street, and being greeted by it’s newest addition.
One resident proclaimed “Man, that’s deep!”
Another, a state employee walking to Neato Burrito on her lunch break stated “Wow, that’s somethin’! I hope I get to hit that spot sometime soon!”
The newest spot on Second Street that’s causing all the stir is located on the northeast corner of Second and Walnut Streets- directly in front of the Commerce Bank.
Though it has yet to be named (see ‘comment section’ below to leave your suggestions), the newest and most talked about hot spot to hit Second Street is…a big, gaping hole where a sewer grate lives.
Obviously, the last several paragraphs were sarcastic.
What isn’t sarcastic, however, is the notion that this gaping hole at the corner of Second and Walnut is only going to get worse.
Last year, we heard talk about the city’s antiquated, damaged, holey, rusty and duct-taped together sewer system is in absolutely dire need of a major overhaul.
This hole is not a typical “pothole”. A pothole occurs when water seeps into cracks of a roadway, freezes, expands, cracks the asphalt and then thaws…leaving a big, ugly hole in the middle of the street.
This is the beginning of a sinkhole.
The question this writer has to ask is: when will this be repaired?
And here’s what it’s supposed to look like
Since it’s across the street from the old “The Spot”, how bout we call it “The Spot, Too”? Or maybe “The New Spot”?
Wait, no…I got it…since it’s a SEWER drain that probably backs up anyway- we can call it “The WET Spot”
Ewwwwww.
One of those was just repaired on Front St a few weeks ago. It was taken care of fairly quickly.
Since it is on second it might get taken care of quickly, but it looks like it is out of the lanes of traffic so don’t hold your breath…
In side notes they have marked gas and other utilities with paint in front of my second street home.
Look up at 2nd and washington streeet, you’ll find the Spots baby brother in the middle of the road… Just as deep about half as big..
In my experience, the city doesn’t “repair these”. The brick structure underneath caves in, leaving little support, and they simply re-attach the grating at street level, which in my mind is dangerous. Which makes it impossible to then clean a clogged drain, because they have to break up the asphalt to access it. I have a drain in front of my house with the same problem, and the city has been totally unresponsive for years.
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well done, bro