Milwaukee: Sinking money into preventing sinkholes too costly

Intersection of ‘Cadillac sinkhole’ to completely reopen next week

Published: November 2, 2010
Tags: Alex Barker, Cecilia Gilbert, Majaki, North Avenue, Oakland Avenue, Polenske, Rawson Contractors, River Valley Testing Corp., sinkhole, storms, Treankler

By Marie Rohde The intersection of North and Oakland avenues in Milwaukee is expected to completely open next week, but city coffers will be at least $2.2 million lighter. The east-side intersection was the spot of a sinkhole that opened up as Lance Treankler stopped his Cadillac Escalade for a red light on July 24. [...]

Milwaukee: Sinking money into preventing sinkholes too costly

Published: June 25, 2010
Tags: 27th Street, Alex Barker, Bruce Brown, Mejaki, Milwaukee Department of Public Works, River Valley Testing, sinkholes, underground tests, We Energies, wind farms, Wisconsin Geological Survey
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By Sean Ryan The tools are available to find areas where roads may collapse into sinkholes, but not the money. As a result, sinkholes such as the one in Milwaukee on Thursday that swallowed a utility truck will remain an inevitable part of modern civilization, said Alex Barker, president of River Valley Testing Corp., a [...]

Intersection of ‘Cadillac sinkhole’ to completely reopen next week

Milwaukee: Sinking money into preventing sinkholes too costly

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