Sinkhole forms at Jackson St and Leeland intersection, Houston TX
Road ClosureA sinkhole about five feet deep formed at the intersection of Jackson St and Leeland in downtown Houston. City engineers were requested to inspect it. Traffic cones were placed around the hole to warn drivers. Large trucks passing through the area may cause the sinkhole to get bigger.
Audio|Source: Houston Police Department - All Districts
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Transcript:
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1435, could you have somebody from the city, send an engineer right away to the intersection of Jackson and Leeland, Jackson and Leeland, in the downtown area? We have a hole that has developed in the intersection, and I can see down below it's about a five-foot drop.
00:20
So we've got a sinkhole developing.
00:22
So, Jackson, Lynn, I'll speak with me, I sent a downtown unit out there, that way they can go ahead and cover it for now, or cover the area.
00:32
You can disregard that.
00:34
I can handle that myself.
00:35
I'll grab a few cones and kind of put something around it for now.
00:38
But tell the engineers that we have an event going on, and there's at the very least 8-18-wheeler's to have to travel through here, so I'm afraid they're going to make it even bigger.
00:49
59, Charles. How is one in the team?
00:50
59, Charles.
00:51
That's clear. We'll be able to say, 1941.
00:52
Let me hear with watch command to see who we can notify for a quicker response other than 311.
00:57
Okay, that's sir.
00:58
If they need to see it on camera, tell them it's right in the middle of the intersection, I'm going to put cones around the hole.
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Location mentioned:
Jackson St & Leeland, Houston, TX 77003
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