Sinkhole gets quick fix in Raleigh's Village District

Crews had patched a hole left by a broken water main in time for Monday evening traffic.
Posted 7/28/2025, 10:16:47 PM Updated 7/28/2025, 11:00:06 PM

TRUCK. WE HAVE SEEN A FEW

SLOWDOWNS, BUT FOR THE MOST

PART, THE ROAD IS OPEN AGAIN.

ROADS IN THE VILLAGE DISTRICT

ARE ALSO OPEN AGAIN TONIGHT

AFTER QUITE A MESSY MORNING.

CHECK THIS OUT. SKY 5 FLEW OVER

THE SITUATION ON CAMERON

STREET. LOOK AT THE SIZE OF

THE SINKHOLE.

>> ALL CAUSED BY A WATER MAIN

BREAK. THAT'S WHERE WE FIND

WRAL'S. SEAN GALLAGHER, SEAN,

WITH HOW HOT IT'S BEEN TO THE

WEATHER FACTOR INTO THOSE.

YEAH, ASHLEIGH, RALEIGH WATER

TELLS ME THE HEAT DOESN'T

REALLY HAVE AS MUCH OF AN

IMPACT ON THE PIPES AS COLD

WEATHER DOES. BUT WHAT IT DOES

MAKE DIFFICULT IS LAYING

ASPHALT. THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T

SEE ANYTHING OUT HERE RIGHT

NOW. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE,

TRAFFIC IS MOVING BY VERY

SMOOTHLY SINCE THEY PATCHED UP

THIS AREA IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS

FROM WHEN THE SINKHOLE

OCCURRED.

>> WHAT A WATER MAIN BROKE

AROUND 08:00AM. THIS HOLE

OPENED UP ON CAMERON STREET.

SOME OF THE BOUTIQUES AND SHOPS

HERE NEARLY BRAND NEW. BUT IT'S

A DIFFERENT STORY BELOW THE

WATER LINES IN THIS IN THE

VILLAGE DISTRICT AREA.

>> AND GENERAL, A PRETTY OLD,

PROBABLY WATER TELLS ME THE

PIPES IN THIS PART OF THE CITY

FROM THE WORLD WAR 2 ERA.

THIS IS ABOUT THE SERVICE LIFE

WE WOULD EXPECT OF THOSE LAWS.

SO THEY'RE STARTING TO BREAK

AND PRETTY MUCH ANY TIME RIGHT

NOW.

>> BY EARLY AFTERNOON, THE PIPE

WAS FIXED IN CREWS FILLED THE

HOLE BACK UP WITH GRAVEL SO WE

CAN BE PAVED OVER TOMORROW AND

ALL DAY FIX. BUT BUSINESSES

AND RESIDENCES NEAR THE VILLAGE

DISTRICT NEVER LOST WATER, BUT

HEADACHES LIKE THIS WILL

HOPEFULLY BE FEWER AND FURTHER

BETWEEN AS RALEIGH WATER GETS

BETTER PREDICTING WHERE THE

BRAKES COULD HAPPEN. THAT'S THE

NAME OF THE GAME IS TO TRY AND

WE'VE GOT TO MACHINE LEARNING

>> TOOLS THAT WE USE TO TRY TO

PREDICT THAT IT'S LOOKING AT

THAT ARIEL AGE YOU KNOW, THE

SOILS AROUND ALL SORTS OF

DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT CAN

IMPACT THAT. AND SO WE'RE

TRYING TO. BETTER UNDERSTAND

WHERE THOSE BREAKS MIGHT HAPPEN

AND TRY TO GET AHEAD OF IT.

>> IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH PLANS

TO BE OUT HERE TOMORROW MORNING

TO REPAVE THIS AREA. BUT IF YOU

ARE DRIVING THROUGH CAMERON

STREET AT ANY POINT OVER THE

NEXT FEW HOURS, TAKE IT EASIER

BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY ROUGH

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