What’s with the Big Hole in the Middle of Downtown London?

Whats with the Big Hole in the Middle of Downtown

There’s a Sizable Hole in the Ground in Downtown London, and while it’s not a Sinkhole Akin to the Huge One that notoriously cracked open in the core 17 years ago, it’s still expected to be a headache.

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The Intersection of Dundas and Waterloo Streets is closed for Two Months to Rebuild A Bell Manhole, A Confined Space Offering Its Workers Access to Communications Cables, According to City Hall’s Website.

As Construction Kicks Off, The Cables Are Being Secured While A Surrounding Concrete Structure is Removed and Repoud to Create A Larger Space for the Cables.

Pedestrians and Cyclists can Still Get through the Intersection, and access to business and properies will be maintained During Construction. But it’s already Proving to Be a Damper on Local Business.

Work continues inside a hole that’s been opened up at waterloo and dundas streets in downtown london on Jan. 16, 2025. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)

Masoud Ahmadi, Owner of Pizza Rounds on Waterloo Street, Said Business has Slowed Sale Construction Started on Jan. 13, goal customers are widely used to downtown construction.

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“We not very happy with it, but it is what it is,” he said. “It’s not the longest, but i hope it won’t take any along Than Two MONTHS.”

Rocky Mountain Pizza Plus, A Food Truck That Opened A Waterloo Street Rental Including A Bubble Tea Shop Just Weeks AGO, Said While Business has Dipped Amid the Big Dig, they have consist foot traffic.

Manager and Cook Javed Jan Pointd to the Neighbouring Ymca and Office Building, The Delta London Armouries Hotel Across the Street and Even the Construction World Themselves AS consist Sources of Customers.

“It’s Changing A Little Bit. . . Not too much, ”He Said, Adding Most People Date Come by Vehicle Anyway. “I Know some people here, they say, ‘i’m working in this building, what am i gooi to do with a because?’”

The Intersection is expected to reopen March 14, and city hall Advisises Transit Users to Visit the London Transit Commission Website for service updates and detours.

Recounded from Editorial

  1. Workers continuing repair on a sinkhole created early tuesday after a water main rupture under dundas street, right outside the central library branch. It's the second sinkhole we have Major London Roadway in the past week. (Patrick Maloney/The London Free Press)

    2019: Downtown Water Main Break Opened Up Five-Foot-Deep Sinkhole

  2. Crews Work to Repair A Massive Sinkhole That Opened Up at the Northeast Corner of A Major Downtown London Intersection, Dundas and Wellington Streets, on Oct. 31, 2007. Free Press File Photo

    2007: The Sinkhole That Swallowed An Intersection

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