AC-T: Huge sinkhole emerges on county-owned site

Posted on October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 — Michael McDonald

From the Asheville Citizen-Times:

AC-T: Huge sinkhole emerges on county-owned site

by John Boyle and Julie Ball

ASHEVILLE – A sinkhole the size of a pickup truck opened up overnight Wednesday on a county-owned parking lot behind the former TK Tripps restaurant at College and South Charlotte streets.

Heavy rains Tuesday apparently opened up the crater, according to local developer Rusty Pulliam, who with a partner is building a retail/office complex on the site.

Workers about two months ago discovered a drainage pipe installed in 1922 on their property and the county lot, and they are working with the city to relocate it so it will drain to South Charlotte Street, Pulliam said.

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mg massey

10 years ago

couldn’t happen at a better place. Maybe the courthouse and the whole shebang will go next.roflmao OH wonder whose daddy got the contract that did the shoddy work in the first place.. Oh it is good to see karma rolling downhill. Made my days.. maybe a few lawyers will fall in.

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AC-T: Huge sinkhole emerges on county-owned site