NBC10’s Matt DeLucia shows you a massive sinkhole in Mount Laurel that has a road closed Tuesday morning. NBC10 First Alert Traffic reporter Katy Zachry gets you around the repair work.
A sinkhole opened up in the middle of a New Jersey road Monday afternoon closing it in both directions for multiple days, police said.
The incident took place in the area of 161 Gaither Drive in Mount Laurel, Burlington County. The road was reopened on Wednesday, Jan. 31 around 4 p.m.
The sinkhole was attended to by highway personnel who blocked off the area to prevent traffic through the affected streets.
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The Mount Laurel Police Department asked drivers to take alternate lanes at East Park Drive and Central Avenue as workers were in the area.
Gaither Drive was closed for most of the day Tuesday, Jan. 30 pending repair of a water line.
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The sinkhole was also backfilled and restored before traffic resumed.
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