City crews investigating 'massive' sinkhole in southeast Calgary
'That's the biggest I've seen in in the city for sure'
City crews are investigating after a sinkhole formed in Calgary's Cranston neighbourhood on Tuesday afternoon.
Ward 12 Coun. Evan Spencer said he started getting messages at around 4 p.m. about the sinkhole, which is at a busy intersection in the community at Cranston Boulevard S.E. and Cranston Drive S.E.
"I was very shocked at the size of it. Like the pictures [show] … it's a massive sinkhole," Spencer said.
"That's the biggest I've seen in in the city, for sure."
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—@Spencerfor12Spencer said that city services were notified and emergency crews responded.
"Apparently they treat this like they would an emergency, almost like a house fire, so they dispatched [the fire department] out to make sure that traffic was taken care of."
Road maintenance information on the City of Calgary's website says a sinkhole is caused when the soil beneath the road surface gets removed by water or other forces.
Sinkholes can happen because of water main breaks, intense rain and flooding, ground-water pumping or construction.
So far, there aren't details about what caused the sinkhole in Cranston or when the road will be repaired. City crews set up a fence around the sinkhole and a detour around it.