Sinkhole Repairs To Begin On Spring/Wallace Streets In Red Bank

RED BANK, NJ — Road work to repair the Spring Street and Wallace Street sinkhole is expected to begin Thursday, March 28, and continue on Friday, March 29. Both a sinkhole and damaged storm drain are being repaired, the borough said in an alert.

The emergency repair is necessitated by a collapsing storm drain in the middle of Spring Street/Wallace.

The storm drain will require a replacement in that section of the older, 18-inch clay pipe and will require excavation, said Borough Manager James Gant.

The new pipe will then need to be reconnected to the existing manhole in the middle of the intersection and connect to the inlet near Wallace Street, he said.

The road will then be back filled and patched. Any road repair will have to be evaluated after 90 days for normal settlement of the sub-base, Gant said.

The total project, including mobilization, excavation, removal, repair, connection and backfill and asphalt will cost $36,705.14. The cost will be covered under a capital roads account that had existing funding, Gant said.

The roads were first closed last week when the depression in the roadway intersection was observed. You can read more in this past Patch article.