Attention Midland commuters -- a big hole where the street was

Anyone who regularly passes through the intersection of Garfield St. and Golf Course Rd. in Midland, Texas, will need to plan for a traffic interruption the next few days.

One wonders how long it took to develop, but yesterday afternoon the surface finally broke. A driver saw a hole in the street and alerted firefighters at a nearby station. They took one look and called in the troops.

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The Street Department blocked nearby intersections and widened the hole for a better look.

 

It seems that a waste water line sprang a leak, and the escaping water washed out a significant amount of soil under the street. The result: a big bad hole. What a mess.

I'm tired.  Watching people work is such an exhausting endeavor.

Updated: See Road Repair Day One -- a surgeon's touch with heavy equipment.

Comments

[Wallace]

Why doesn't this surprise me.....the state of streets in Midland is miserable. The holes on "D" street, near my home are numerous and deep...and often covered by the water that the city keeps dumping down the street. I've suggested to the Mayor that he ought to do what some other cities have done, and let Kentucky Fried Chicken repair them. I saw in several other good sized towns that KFC would repair potholes if they could put a water soluble logo on the repair. The mayor thought I was kidding. I wasn't....it would be better than what we have now.

[Geo]

Wallace, what a great idea.

But instead of KFC, let citizens buy the pot hole, fill it and write their own message on it.

[Jeff]

George, a major mess this morning, with the traffic going in and out of San Jacinto JHS, with the effects leading to backlogs in the intersection at Neely & Garfield, and elsewhere.

[Geo]

Jeff, there are a lot of commuters hoping for a speedy repair. Let's hope there's no rain in the forecast to slow the progress.

It's too bad Sunday was a day of rest.