In video: A sinkhole opens at a construction site in Hod Hasharon Municipality of Hod Hasharon (Hod Hasharon Municipality)
A sinkhole opened this morning (Wednesday) on Zvi Profes Street in Tel Aviv, near the light rail works.
City Councilwoman Sigal Weizman warned against driving on it and announced that the entrance to road 2040 was blocked to traffic.
The contractor responsible for the work in the area is handling the incident.
About a week and a half ago, a pothole opened up on Allenby Street in the city, policemen who arrived at the scene blocked the road and vehicles passed through the opposite lane of travel.
The pit was a few meters long and deep.
Last month, four potholes were opened in Tel Aviv.
A city full of holes.
The Bolen in Tel Aviv, this morning (photo: screenshot, from Sigal Weizman's Facebook page)
The Bolen in Tel Aviv, this morning (photo: screenshot, from Sigal Weizman's Facebook page)
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First, on Pankas Street which is next to Ibn Gvirol Street.
At the same time, a pit was also opened near Menorah Mivathim Hall in the Yad Eliyahu neighborhood of the city.
A few hours later, two more pits opened - one of them near the Hagana train station, and the other on Har Zion Boulevard in the city.
The series of road collapses apparently occurred due to the erosion of the sandy soil below the road following the rain.
Last November, a sinkhole opened up on Ayalon Road, near the train tracks at the La Guardia interchange to the south in Tel Aviv.
Three lanes were blocked and the police were called to the scene.
No casualties were reported and there was heavy traffic in the area.
That same week, a sinkhole opened at the corner of Ibn Gvirol-Zeitlin Street, near the light rail works there.
The northbound road was blocked to traffic and no injuries were reported.
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