BMA repairs metre-deep sinkhole on Phetkasem Road

FRIDAY, JULY 03, 2015
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has finished repairing a sinkhole on Phetkasem Road, which is now open to traffic.

The 3.5-metre-wide and 1m-deep sinkhole rendered the road inaccessible to vehicles as it took up both lanes on the street. 
Officials were dispatched on Friday morning to carry out the repairs and the road was reopened before rush hour. 
The BMA explained that the soil and rocks below the surface that soils and rocks below the surface may have been dissolved by groundwater circulating through them, creating a void that causes the road to collapse .