Clementi sinkhole collapses again
A patched-up sinkhole in the centre lane of Clementi Road collapsed again on Friday.
The Straits Times | Friday, Mar 8, 2013
But the tar covering the hole appeared to have collapsed on Friday. There were chunks of concrete and sand at the bottom of the hole which appeared to be around 1-m deep.
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Read more from the statement from the Land Transport Authority below:
We received a report of a sinkhole appearing on the second lane of Clementi Road (towards Pasir Panjang) at about 1.10pm today. This is the same location of the sinkhole reported and rectified earlier on 4 March. The affected lane has been closed off immediately to facilitate repair works. The other lanes along Clementi Road remain safe and passable to traffic.
We take a serious view of this matter and are investigating the root cause of the hole. Since the sinkhole first appeared on 4 March, we have been closely monitoring the condition of the road. As an immediate measure, we are conducting scans below the affected portion of the road for any possible cavities.
On Mar 4, former television stuntman Mr David Loo Leong We narrowly avoided falling into the 3-metre deep sinkhole.
He was riding his motorcycle on Clementi Road when he came across the sinkhole, and was forced to perform a daredevil leap over it on his motorcycle.
"If I had let go and tried to jump off my bike, I could be hit by the cars travelling on my left and right. If I had stopped my bike suddenly, I could be hit by the vehicle behind me and fall into the hole," he told The Straits Times.
He sprained his right hand after the stunt and is now attempting to claim his medical fees from the Land Transport Authority.
The sinkhole sighting was the second one reported this year. In January, netizens wrote in to citizen journalism website Stomp about a car that had fallen into a sinkhole along Keppel Road.
A patched-up sinkhole in the centre lane of Clementi Road collapsed again on Friday.
The Straits Times | Friday, Mar 8, 2013
But the tar covering the hole appeared to have collapsed on Friday. There were chunks of concrete and sand at the bottom of the hole which appeared to be around 1-m deep.
Get the full story from The Straits Times.
Read more from the statement from the Land Transport Authority below:
We received a report of a sinkhole appearing on the second lane of Clementi Road (towards Pasir Panjang) at about 1.10pm today. This is the same location of the sinkhole reported and rectified earlier on 4 March. The affected lane has been closed off immediately to facilitate repair works. The other lanes along Clementi Road remain safe and passable to traffic.
We take a serious view of this matter and are investigating the root cause of the hole. Since the sinkhole first appeared on 4 March, we have been closely monitoring the condition of the road. As an immediate measure, we are conducting scans below the affected portion of the road for any possible cavities.
On Mar 4, former television stuntman Mr David Loo Leong We narrowly avoided falling into the 3-metre deep sinkhole.
He was riding his motorcycle on Clementi Road when he came across the sinkhole, and was forced to perform a daredevil leap over it on his motorcycle.
"If I had let go and tried to jump off my bike, I could be hit by the cars travelling on my left and right. If I had stopped my bike suddenly, I could be hit by the vehicle behind me and fall into the hole," he told The Straits Times.
He sprained his right hand after the stunt and is now attempting to claim his medical fees from the Land Transport Authority.
The sinkhole sighting was the second one reported this year. In January, netizens wrote in to citizen journalism website Stomp about a car that had fallen into a sinkhole along Keppel Road.
