A depression on the Kitty Roundabout that was recently resurfaced with asphalt is currently being monitored by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure.
Stabroek News understands that while works were recently done on the area to bring it up to level with the rest of the road, the depression was not considered as a potential sinkhole.
“We are monitoring it. The depression could have been as a result of uneven paving but if it reoccurs it would warrant some investigation and we would have to investigate what is happening there. But at this time it is not considered as a sinkhole or a problem,” a source at the Ministry of Public Infrastructure told Stabroek News.
Ministry of Public Infrastructure engineer, Sherod Parkinson, had related that the slight depression, which was due to the increase in vehicular traffic, could have been caused by some settlement underground. In late 2016, a sinkhole had developed in the said area and it was subsequently enlarged in order to apply a fix.
One of the engineers had explained in 2016 to Stabroek News, that the depression in the road, which resulted in the formation of the sinkhole, was due to a galvanised pipe bursting and water subsequently seeping under the road. Because of the excess water interacting with the earth, the road caved in, resulting in a traffic hazard. Major repair works then ensued.
After the sinkhole was fixed, the roundabout was subsequently constructed at a cost of $78.9 million.
